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 |
|---|---|
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| environ | encircle |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| exegesis | exposition |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |