GRE Word List

DIURNAL

active chiefly in the daytime

The meaning of the word diurnal is active chiefly in the daytime.

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remediablecapable of being remedied
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bellicosefavoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
vegetateto lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
psychicof or relating to the psyche : psychogenic
shrewany of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
brevityshortness of duration
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age