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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compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
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excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
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irrelevantnot relevant : inapplicable
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hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
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