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And here's your shmoopy word du jour:

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

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

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OK, so what's this question asking?

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Yeah -- another vocab word -- diligence.

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

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

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to happen to us what do we do?

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

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

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you... have it.

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

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

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

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nice to have but not a "gotta have."

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

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

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maybe not.

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

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

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