GRE Word List

SURMOUNT

to prevail over : overcome

The meaning of the word surmount is to prevail over : overcome.

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WordMeaning
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
marrowbone marrow
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
raffleto engage in a raffle
suckleto give milk to from the breast or udder
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
comestibleedible
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense