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 |
|---|---|
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| whittle | a large knife |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |