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 |
|---|---|
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| provenance | origin |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |