GRE Word List
PERSEVERE
to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement
The meaning of the word persevere is to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
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| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
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| bent | unenclosed grassland |