GRE Word List
NOCTURNAL
of, relating to, or occurring in the night
The meaning of the word nocturnal is of, relating to, or occurring in the night.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| lax | loose |