tenacious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Determined and refusing to give up.

   She was a tenacious negotiator who never accepted the first offer.

2. 2
   adj

   Holding firmly to something; not easily let go.

   The vine had a tenacious grip on the old stone wall.

3. 3
   adj

   Very good at remembering things.

   He has a tenacious memory for names and faces.

From Latin tenāx (“holding fast, clinging”), from tenēre (“to hold”), + -ious.

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