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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WordMeaning
compactpredominantly formed or filled : composed
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
depredationto lay waste : plunder
carpingmarked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
soldera metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces
calumnya misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious
smudgeto make a smudge on