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 |
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| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
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| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| opulence | wealth |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
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| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
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