Advanced 📚 Vocabulary · #804 of 1319

tenacity (n.)

determination

Examples

  • Tenacity wins games.

Key rules

  • Tenacity is persistence and determination
  • Show tenacity, great tenacity
  • Tenacity is uncountable

Common mistakes

  • His tenacities helped him win → His tenacity helped him win
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