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 |
|---|---|
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
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| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| microcosm | a little world |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
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| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| nourish | nurture |