Vocabulary List 37
assist
(verb) to help someone to do something
My task is to assist in training new employees.
insist
(verb) to demand that someone agree to do something
I didn’t want to go, but they insisted.
resist
(verb) to oppose; to try to stop or prevent something
Many people resisted the efforts to raise taxes.
persist
(verb) to continue to exist
If the pain persists, you must see a doctor.
consist of
(phrasal verb) to be formed from two or more things or people
The committee consists of ten members.