GRE Word List
DILIGENCE
steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity
The meaning of the word diligence is steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| pundit | pandit |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |