GRE Word List
SURMOUNT
to prevail over : overcome
The meaning of the word surmount is to prevail over : overcome.
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|---|---|
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
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| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| convention | agreement |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
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