GRE Word List
OBDURATE
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
The meaning of the word obdurate is stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| forte | one's strong point |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |