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 |
|---|---|
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| oversee | survey |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| hirsute | hairy |