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 |
|---|---|
| evenhanded | fair |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |