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 |
|---|---|
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |