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 |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| reek | smoke |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |