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 |
|---|---|
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| prattle | prate |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |