GRE Word List
PERTINACIOUS
adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
The meaning of the word pertinacious is adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overweening | arrogant |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| shambles | a meat market |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |