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 |
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| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
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