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 |
|---|---|
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |