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 |
|---|---|
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| lampoon | satire |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |