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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addressto mark directions for delivery on
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
optionalinvolving an option : not compulsory
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
tentativenot fully worked out or developed
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impalpableincapable of being felt by touch : intangible
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vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another