GRE Word List
PERSIST
to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning
The meaning of the word persist is to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| stench | stink |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |