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 |
|---|---|
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| impinge | encroach |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
