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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| convention | agreement |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |