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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patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
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tauntto reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
meticulousmarked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details
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pusillanimouslacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
vouchsafeto grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action