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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putrefyto make putrid
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stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
ellipticalof, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse
functionalof, connected with, or being a function
concedeto acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly
virilehaving traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree