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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
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| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
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| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| license | permission to act |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |