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 |
|---|---|
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| paradigm | example |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |