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 |
|---|---|
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |