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 |
|---|---|
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |