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 |
|---|---|
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |