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 |
|---|---|
| nourishment | food |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |