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 |
|---|---|
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| concordat | compact |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |