GRE Word List
PREVAIL
to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph
The meaning of the word prevail is to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |