GRE Word List
SURMOUNT
to prevail over : overcome
The meaning of the word surmount is to prevail over : overcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| skimp | skimpy |
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| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
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