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 |
|---|---|
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |