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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WordMeaning
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
subsumeto include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element
domineerto exercise arbitrary or overbearing control
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
recuperateto get back : regain
tycoona businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate
lavishexpending or bestowing profusely : prodigal
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
imputeto lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly
visionaryhaving or marked by foresight and imagination