GRE Word List
PAINSTAKING
taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
The meaning of the word painstaking is taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| sheer | unqualified |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |