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 |
|---|---|
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |