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 |
|---|---|
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |