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 |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |