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.

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WordMeaning
reinstateto place again (as in possession or in a former position)
sojourna temporary stay
militiaa part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency
whitthe smallest part or particle imaginable : bit
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
limpidmarked by transparency (see transparent
withstandto stand up against : oppose with firm determination
disinclinationa preference for avoiding something : slight aversion
prongfork