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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Word | Meaning |
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gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
purported | reputed |
feint | something feigned |
contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |