Vocabuilder_Care_Seriousness

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  1. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  2. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  3. conscientious
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  4. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  5. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  6. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  7. demure
    shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way
  8. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  9. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  10. painstaking
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  11. politic
    marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
  12. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  13. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  14. chary
    characterized by great caution
  15. leery
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
  16. gravity
    the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
  17. sobriety
    the state of being unaffected or not intoxicated by alcohol
  18. solemnity
    a trait of dignified seriousness
  19. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  20. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  21. frivolity
    the trait of being not serious or sensible
  22. flippancy
    inappropriate levity
  23. imprudence
    a lack of caution in practical affairs
  24. nonchalance
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  25. negligence
    failure to act with the prudence of a reasonable person
  26. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  27. dabble
    bob under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
  28. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  29. feeble
    pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  30. imprudent
    not sensible, responsible, or wise
  31. impolitic
    lacking tact, shrewdness, or prudence
  32. lax
    without rigor or strictness
  33. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  34. remiss
    failing in what duty requires
  35. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  36. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
  37. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  38. dabbler
    an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
  39. dallier
    someone who wastes time
  40. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  41. dabble
    bob under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water
  42. dawdle
    hang or fall in movement, progress, development, etc.
  43. trifle
    a detail that is considered insignificant
  44. loiter
    linger, remain, or wait around for no apparent reason
  45. dally
    behave carelessly or indifferently
  46. tarry
    leave slowly and hesitantly
  47. procrastinate
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  48. laborious
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  49. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  50. gingerly
    in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
  51. inadvertently
    without knowledge or intention
  52. solicitude
    a feeling of excessive concern
  53. solicitous
    full of anxiety and concern
  54. apperception
    the process whereby an object is related to past experiences
  55. unwitting
    not aware or knowing
  56. idyllic
    charmingly simple and serene
  57. primp
    dress or groom with elaborate care
Created on Sun Dec 15 01:48:18 EST 2013

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