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 |
|---|---|
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| 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 |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |