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painstaking

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

done with careful and thorough effort

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Painstaking in a sentence

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The restorer's painstaking work brought the faded fresco back to life.

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Questions about “painstaking

Painstaking (adjective) means done with careful and thorough effort
Here is painstaking used in an example sentence: "The restorer's painstaking work brought the faded fresco back to life."
Common synonyms for painstaking include meticulous, scrupulous, diligent, assiduous.
Antonyms of painstaking include careless, negligent, slapdash.
Painstaking is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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