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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| mendicant | beggar |
| pitfall | trap |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |