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With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend.

Using context clues, what does the word pertinacity most likely mean in this excerpt from "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe?

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Arnav Boyle

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29 August, 02:09

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

With my aversion to this cat, however, its partiality for myself seemed to increase. It followed my footsteps with a pertinacity which it would be difficult to make the reader comprehend.

Using context clues, what does the word pertinacity most likely mean in this excerpt from "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe?

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Brandon Bentley · Answer 1

Based on this excerpt using context clues, pertinacity would be the willingness to never give up and Poe uses this word to show that although with his great dislike for black cats, the cat continues to follow him, gradually making him not seeming to mind the cat.