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 |
|---|---|
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| warranted | sanction |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |