Vocabulary Word
Word: persevere
Definition: continue steadily in spite of difficulties
Definition: continue steadily in spite of difficulties
Sentences Containing 'persevere'
``I do not mean that for you, Blacas,''continued Louis XVIII.;``for if you have discovered nothing, at least you have had the good sense to persevere in your suspicions.
This he saith to every of them; and that done, if there be any of his sons of eminent merit and virtue, (so they be not above two,) he calleth for them again; and saith, laying his arm over their shoulders, they standing; Sons, it is well ye are born, give God the praise, and persevere to the end.
The same indomitable spirit that kept him from despair in the bagnios of Algiers, and prompted him to attempt the escape of himself and his comrades again and again, made him persevere in spite of failure and discouragement in his efforts to win the ear of the public as a dramatist.
But as I am persuaded that no one can long persevere in the attempt to win love unsustained by some hope, I am willing to attribute to myself the blame of thy assurance, for no doubt some thoughtlessness of mine has all this time fostered thy hopes; and therefore will I punish myself and inflict upon myself the penalty thy guilt deserves.
These two disputes, which were the most important and gravest, being settled, it only remained for the servants of Don Luis to consent that three of them should return while one was left to accompany him whither Don Fernando desired to take him; and good luck and better fortune, having already begun to solve difficulties and remove obstructions in favour of the lovers and warriors of the inn, were pleased to persevere and bring everything to a happy issue; for the servants agreed to do as Don Luis wished; which gave Dona Clara such happiness that no one could have looked into her face just then without seeing the joy of her heart.
A religionist may be an enthusiast, and imagine he sees what has no reality: he may know his narrative to be false, and yet persevere in it, with the best intentions in the world, for the sake of promoting so holy a cause: or even where this delusion has not place, vanity, excited by so strong a temptation, operates on him more powerfully than on the rest of mankind in any other circumstances; and self-interest with equal force.
More Vocab Words
::: iconoclastic - attacking cherished traditions; N. iconoclast: one who attacks traditional ideas; one who destroys sacred images::: pitfall - hidden danger; concealed trap
::: gazette - official periodical publication; newspaper
::: incentive - spur; motive; something which encourages one to greater activity
::: alleviate - relieve (pain)
::: improvident - thriftless; not providing for the future
::: scruple - hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about; Ex. She did not scruple to read his diary; N: uneasy feeling arising from conscience; conscience
::: privation - lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; CF. deprive
::: receptive - quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal
::: vernal - pertaining to spring
