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 |
|---|---|
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |