GRE Word List
DOGGED
marked by stubborn determination
The meaning of the word dogged is marked by stubborn determination.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| whimsy | whim |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |