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pertinacious

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore P words

stubbornly persistent in holding to a purpose or opinion

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Her pertinacious questioning eventually wore down the witness.

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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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Pertinacious (adjective) means stubbornly persistent in holding to a purpose or opinion
Here is pertinacious used in an example sentence: "Her pertinacious questioning eventually wore down the witness."
Common synonyms for pertinacious include tenacious, dogged, obstinate, unyielding.
Antonyms of pertinacious include yielding, irresolute, compliant.
Pertinacious is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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