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 |
|---|---|
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| sportive | frolicsome |