diligent
DIL-uh-juntadjMeaning working hard and steadily, with care
Memory hook DIG-a-LOT GENT. Omar digs and plants all day, row after row, rain or shine. The hardworking gent is diligent.
A diligent student, Sami reviews his notes every night, not just the night before a test.
In context The garden thrived because Granny Mae was diligent: she weeded every morning, watered every evening and never skipped a day, even in the heat.
Similar hardworking, industrious, conscientious, thorough
Opposite lazy, idle, negligent
From Latin diligens, from diligere, “to value, to love”: a diligent worker cares about the work.