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 |
|---|---|
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |