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 |
|---|---|
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| freebooter | pirate |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| cipher | zero |