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 |
|---|---|
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| opus | work |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| slake | subside |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |