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 |
|---|---|
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |