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 |
|---|---|
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |