GRE Word List
SURMOUNT
to prevail over : overcome
The meaning of the word surmount is to prevail over : overcome.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| shove | to push along |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |