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 |
|---|---|
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| whimsy | whim |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |