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 |
|---|---|
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |