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 |
|---|---|
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| harass | exhaust |
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| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
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