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 |
|---|---|
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| viand | an item of food |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |