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 |
|---|---|
| stilted | pompous |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |