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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solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
sophisticateddeprived of native or original simplicity: such as
inaugurateto induct into an office with suitable ceremonies
nattytrimly neat and tidy : smart
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
glaringhaving a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
communalof or relating to one or more communes
gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty