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
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
slapdashhaphazard
unilateraldone or undertaken by one person or party
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
urbanenotably polite or polished in manner
meteto give out by measure : dole out
invalidnot valid:
imposturethe act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name
absolutefree from imperfection : perfect