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Reading: Vocabulary, Problem 4. What is the meaning of the word diligence?

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00:03

And here's your shmoopy word du jour:

00:06

In order to get a raise at his elevator repair job, Mark had to demonstrate a great deal of diligence.

00:13

What is the meaning of the word diligence? And here are the potential answers:

00:21

OK, so what's this question asking?

00:24

Yeah -- another vocab word -- diligence.

00:27

And it has some cousins -- like... intelligence... and... Dilly Bars?

00:34

But this shouldn't be hard to figure out -- like... if we want good financial stuff

00:38

to happen to us what do we do?

00:42

Have knowledge? Well, knowledge helps but it's not a great answer -- just HAVING

00:47

knowledge doesn't really mean anything to your employer... unless you demonstrate that

00:52

you... have it.

00:53

B looks a lot closer to the bull's-eye here -- hard work and determination -- yeah -- here

00:58

at Shmoop we heart hard work and determination and only hire people who fit that description.

01:06

We want careful planners -- answer C -- but it doesn't get noticed at raise time -- it's

01:12

nice to have but not a "gotta have."

01:15

And D is just... random. Maybe the test givers were thinking that if we had articles written

01:19

about us on blogs saying that we were a great worker, then we'd get a raise? Maybe. Eih...

01:25

maybe not.

01:26

The best answer is B -- hard work and determination.

01:33

Hopefully Mark gets that raise. He's getting tired of his boss... pushing his buttons.

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