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 |
|---|---|
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |