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 |
|---|---|
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| finished | entirely done |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| mischance | bad luck |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| exhume | disinter |