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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| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
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| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
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