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tenacious
adjective
Good at remembering
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təˈneɪʃəs
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adjective
Good at remembering
“A retentive mind”
adjective
Stubbornly unyielding;- T.S.Eliot
“Dogged persistence”
adjective
Sticking together
“Two coherent sheets”
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A retentive mind
Tenacious memory
Dogged persistence
Dour determination
The most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
A mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it
Men tenacious of opinion
Two coherent sheets
Tenacious burrs
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