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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| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |