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 |
|---|---|
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| opulence | wealth |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| veracious | truthful |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| narcissist | an individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism: such as |