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 |
|---|---|
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |