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 |
|---|---|
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |