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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| microcosm | a little world |