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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mulct | fine |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| dilute | attenuate |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
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