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 |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| thespian | actor |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| finished | entirely done |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| disconsolate | cheerless |