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 |
|---|---|
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| conspire | plot |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| exegesis | exposition |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |