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 |
|---|---|
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| crass | gross |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| hurl | rush |