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
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
synopticaffording a general view of a whole
funerealof or relating to a funeral
cowerto shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
reposea state of resting after exertion or strain
evoketo call forth or up: such as
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
primethe second of the canonical hours
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
microcosma little world