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 |
|---|---|
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |