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 |
|---|---|
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |