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 |
|---|---|
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |