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❇️Ransack-/ˈransak/verb/
1. go through a place stealing things and causing damage
🔹Burglars ransacked her home
2. (verb) search a place or receptacle thoroughly, especially in such a way as to cause harm
🔹Man has ransacked the planet for fuel.
❇️Impugn- /ɪmˈpjuːn/ (verb) dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or motive.
🔹How dare you impugn the integrity of our local councilman simply because of a Twitter rumor!
❇️Nocturnal-/nɒkˈtəːn(ə)l/ (adjective) done, occurring, or active at night
🔹The thieves planned their nocturnal robbery for Wednesday night.
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❇️Diurnal/adjective/
UK/ˌdaɪˈɜː.nəl/ US/ˌdaɪˈɝː.nəl/
happening over a period of a day, or being active or happening during the day rather than at night
🔹Many reptiles have a preferred temperature range within internally regulated diurnalrhythms.
🔹Desert areas on Earth often have wide diurnal temperature ranges due to nighttime radiative cooling through very clear skies.
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❇️crepuscular/adjective/ UK /krɪˈpʌs.kjə.lər/ US /krɪˈpʌs.kjə.lɚ/
(of animals) active orappearing at the time of day just before the sun goes down, or just after the sunrises, when the light is not bright:
🔹Deer are crepuscular, meaning that they are most active at dawn and at dusk.
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#c_1
#vocabulary
@fluencyinenglish
@fluencyinenglish
@fluencyinenglish
❇️Ransack-/ˈransak/verb/
1. go through a place stealing things and causing damage
🔹Burglars ransacked her home
2. (verb) search a place or receptacle thoroughly, especially in such a way as to cause harm
🔹Man has ransacked the planet for fuel.
❇️Impugn- /ɪmˈpjuːn/ (verb) dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or motive.
🔹How dare you impugn the integrity of our local councilman simply because of a Twitter rumor!
❇️Nocturnal-/nɒkˈtəːn(ə)l/ (adjective) done, occurring, or active at night
🔹The thieves planned their nocturnal robbery for Wednesday night.
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❇️Diurnal/adjective/
UK/ˌdaɪˈɜː.nəl/ US/ˌdaɪˈɝː.nəl/
happening over a period of a day, or being active or happening during the day rather than at night
🔹Many reptiles have a preferred temperature range within internally regulated diurnalrhythms.
🔹Desert areas on Earth often have wide diurnal temperature ranges due to nighttime radiative cooling through very clear skies.
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❇️crepuscular/adjective/ UK /krɪˈpʌs.kjə.lər/ US /krɪˈpʌs.kjə.lɚ/
(of animals) active orappearing at the time of day just before the sun goes down, or just after the sunrises, when the light is not bright:
🔹Deer are crepuscular, meaning that they are most active at dawn and at dusk.
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