vocabulary set 5
industrious |ɪnˈdʌstrɪəs| adjective diligent and hard-working. an industrious people striving to make their country prosperous. DERIVATIVES industriously adverb, industriousness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘skilful, clever, ingenious’): from French industrieux or late Latin industriosus, from Latin industria ‘diligence’.industrious> adjective he was honest, sober, and industrious: hard-working, diligent, assiduous, sedulous, conscientious, steady, painstaking,persistent, persevering,pertinacious,unflagging, untiring, tireless, indefatigable, studious; busy, busy as a bee, active, bustling, energetic, on the go,vigorous,determined,dynamic,driven,zealous, productive; with one's shoulder to the wheel, with one's nose to the grindstone; archaic laborious. ANTONYMS indolent. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD industrious, diligent, hard-working See hard-working. uncaring |ʌnˈkɛːrɪŋ| adjective 1. not displaying sympathy or concern for others : an uncaring father....
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