Preponderate (verb)
pri-pon-duh-rayt
To exceed in weight, influence, importance, amount, etc.
First recorded in 1615–25. From the Latin praeponderāre, meaning “to outweigh.”
Example sentences
“Drought-resistant plants preponderate in this desert region.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
