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 |
|---|---|
| countenance | look |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |