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 |
|---|---|
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |