Knowsys Group 5

Group: Effort

Definition: Difficult arduous är jü əs adjective Definition: Difficult After the blizzard, the task of shoveling the snow was arduous and demanded hours of hard work. Arduous

Definition: to struggle or deal with verb cope kōp Definition: to struggle or deal with Cody spent many sleepless nights before he learned to cope with the demands of balancing his work and school schedules.

Definition: to suffer or tolerate endure in dur verb Definition: to suffer or tolerate The older woman could not endure the noisy children; she had to leave the room quickly before they gave her a migraine.

Definition: exhausting adjective grueling grü ə ling Definition: exhausting After days of grueling work in the hot sun, the migrant farm workers were exhausted.

Definition: to rush forward or to dash verb hurtle hurt l Definition: to rush forward or to dash The astronomers watched in awe as the asteroid hurtled toward Jupiter and then vanished in a plume of orange smoke.

industrious in dus trē əs adjective industrious in dus trē əs Definition: hard working The industrious entrepreneurs toiled long hours and were rewarded with great success.

Definition: lowly or appropriate to a servant adjective menial mē nē əl Definition: lowly or appropriate to a servant The teenager found a job doing menial work cleaning out the dumpsters and washing off the loading dock.

Definition: an allotted amount of work or time noun stint stint Definition: an allotted amount of work or time American soldiers serve a minimum stint of time in the military.

Definition: demanding hard work adjective strenuous stren yü əs Definition: demanding hard work To earn their lifeguard certification, applicants must pass a series of strenuous swimming tests.

Definition: to work long and hard verb toil toil Definition: to work long and hard The construction workers toiled night and day to finish the new road before the first winter snow.

Definition: a difficulty journey noun trek trek Definition: a difficulty journey Just imagine the trek the first settlers made across the United States long before there were roads and highways.