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 |
|---|---|
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |