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 |
|---|---|
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| forebears | ancestor |
| hurl | rush |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |