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.

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WordMeaning
bombastpretentious inflated speech or writing
taintto contaminate morally : corrupt
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
muralof, relating to, or resembling a wall
virtualbeing such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted
comportto be fitting : accord
impiousnot pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
metamorphosischange of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means
dilatorytending or intended to cause delay