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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
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| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |