ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAassiduous
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assiduous
Meaning: showing great care and perseverance
assiduous in a sentence
How assiduous is used in real sentences:
Her assiduous practice paid off in the recital.
Her assiduous research filled three notebooks.
“Varen resumed the podium, and his assiduous work on transitions soon revealed what his severity had concealed: he had memorized every player's entrance and adjusted each cue to help, not humiliate.”
— from the passage The Unfinished Finale
“Over twelve weeks, assiduous observers recorded arrival times, caregiving duties, disabilities, and each interruption at the counter.”
— from the passage Waiting by Design
“Across eight winters, Mara's assiduous crew mapped buried channels, removed contaminated silt in sealed barges, and replanted grasses plot by plot.”
— from the passage The Ninth Spring
Synonyms for assiduous
Other words for assiduous — diligent, industrious and persistent — carry the same meaning.
- diligent
- industrious
- persistent
Antonyms of assiduous
Words that mean the opposite of assiduous:
- negligent
- lazy
Where it comes from
From Latin assidere 'to sit at, attend to'
Word parts
- sed/sess/sid — sit; settle
assiduous: as- (beside; form of ad-) + sid (sit) + -uous (having the quality of)
Memory hook
ASSIDUOUS — sits down and DOES the work.