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perdure

verbCommon GRE wordMore P words

to continue to exist permanently, to last enduringly

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Perdure in a sentence

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Certain folk customs perdure long after their original meaning is forgotten.

Synonyms
endurepersistabide
Antonyms
perishvanishfade

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Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.

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Perdure (verb) means to continue to exist permanently, to last enduringly
Here is perdure used in an example sentence: "Certain folk customs perdure long after their original meaning is forgotten."
Common synonyms for perdure include endure, persist, abide.
Antonyms of perdure include perish, vanish, fade.
Perdure is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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