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 |
|---|---|
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| brawny | muscular |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
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| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |