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 |
|---|---|
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |