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.

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