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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| billowing | wave |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
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