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 |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| vixen | a female fox |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |