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
interjectionan ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as
motilitythe quality or state of being motile : capability of movement
pestlea usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
impunityexemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
seclusionthe act of secluding : the condition of being secluded
resentmenta feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury
ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable
finishto come to an end : terminate
infestto spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible