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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WordMeaning
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
reclusemarked by withdrawal from society : solitary
vexto bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
irrefutableimpossible to refute : incontrovertible
sonorousproducing sound (as when struck)
provenanceorigin
schemea plan or program of action
accoladea mark of acknowledgment : award
consistencyagreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence