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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WordMeaning
negateto deny the existence or truth of
rostera roll or list of personnel
subliminalinadequate to produce a sensation or a perception
partitionthe action of parting : the state of being parted : division
stipulateto make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract
nauseateto become affected with nausea
rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
debristhe remains of something broken down or destroyed
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
covenanta usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact