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 |
|---|---|
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| grudging | unwilling |
| arid | excessively dry |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| superficial | of, relating to, or located near a surface |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| bauble | trinket |