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
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
transitiona change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another
rapturean expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion
surmisea thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture
aquilinecurving like an eagle's beak
discretionindividual choice or judgment
conventionagreement
accrueto come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
felicitythe quality or state of being happy
punyslight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak