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 |
|---|---|
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| engender | beget |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| sybarite | voluptuary |