GRE Word List
DIURNAL
active chiefly in the daytime
The meaning of the word diurnal is active chiefly in the daytime.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| overthrow | overturn |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| connoisseur | expert |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |