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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alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
remission | the act or process of remitting |