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 |
|---|---|
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| quench | put out |
| opulence | wealth |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| unfrock | defrock |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |