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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |