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 |
|---|---|
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| flighty | swift |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| shove | to push along |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |