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 |
|---|---|
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
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| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
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| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
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