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 |
|---|---|
| gazette | newspaper |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| acetic | vinegary |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| nourish | nurture |