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 |
|---|---|
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| politic | political |