GRE Word List
PREVALENT
generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread
The meaning of the word prevalent is generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| welter | writhe |