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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| contrive | devise |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |