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

WordMeaning
pluckto pull or pick off or out
presentimenta feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
canvassto go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments
compulsivehaving power to compel
aquilinecurving like an eagle's beak
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
complementsomething that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect
executionerone who executes
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
autocraticof, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute