SAT vocabulary
Crepuscular
resembling or active during twilight; dim or shadowy
Example
"Many desert predators avoid the midday heat, preferring to hunt in the crepuscular hours of dawn and dusk."
Etymology
From Latin crepusculum meaning 'twilight or dusk'
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