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 |
|---|---|
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |