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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|---|---|
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| historic | historical |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |