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 |
|---|---|
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| nexus | connection |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |