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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vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
limp | to walk lamely |
merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |