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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WordMeaning
lagone that lags or is last
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
wrytwist
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
indiscriminatenot marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment
toutto make much of : promote
evasivetending or intended to evade : equivocal
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
venturesomeinclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity