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 |
|---|---|
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |