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 |
|---|---|
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| freebooter | pirate |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |