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 |
|---|---|
| determinate | having defined limits |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |