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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| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
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