GRE Word List
STUDIOUS
assiduous in the pursuit of learning
The meaning of the word studious is assiduous in the pursuit of learning.
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bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
lateral | of or relating to the side |
caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
stench | stink |
ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |