GRE Word List
TENACITY
the quality or state of being tenacious
The meaning of the word tenacity is the quality or state of being tenacious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| microcosm | a little world |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |