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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| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |