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 |
|---|---|
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |