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 |
|---|---|
| facade | the front of a building |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| guileless | innocent |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |