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 |
|---|---|
| foppish | foolish |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| sibling | sib |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |