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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| junket | trip |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| forebears | ancestor |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
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