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 |
|---|---|
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |