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
tepidmoderately warm : lukewarm
lucidsuffused with light : luminous
terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
knottymarked by or full of knots
wistfulfull of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
randoma haphazard course
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
woefulfull of woe : grievous
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary