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
enlivento give life, action, or spirit to : animate
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
tumidmarked by swelling : swollen
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defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
equityjustice according to natural law or right
pertinaciousadhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith