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 |
|---|---|
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |