TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 20-Jan-12
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 20-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists pertinacious [ pur-tn-EY-shuh' s ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. stubborn, obstinate or unyielding 2. resolute or tenacious USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : Her pertinacious, pro-communist views irked the audience. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : In travelling, there is nothing like dissecting people's statements, which are usually coloured by their estimate of the powers or likings of the person spoken to, making all reasonable inquiries, and then pertinaciously but quietly carrying out one's own plans. Telegraph, Great adventurers - and greater storytellers, Michael Kerr, 12 Mar 2007 arroyo [...