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 |
|---|---|
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |