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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blareto sound loud and strident
mangyaffected with or resulting from mange
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snivelto run at the nose
ruffiana brutal person : bully
indulgentwilling to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence
crotchetygiven to crotchets (see crotchet
loathunwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant
fortitudestrength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion