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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |