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 |
|---|---|
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |