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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| demure | reserved |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
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| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |