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 |
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offensive | making attack : aggressive |
cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
inflated | distended with air or gas |
singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
alleviate | relieve |
verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |