GRE Word List
OBSTINATE
stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
The meaning of the word obstinate is stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sheer | unqualified |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |