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.
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Word | Meaning |
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glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
cataclysm | flood |
impediment | something that impedes |
abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
inflated | distended with air or gas |
salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
grunt | to utter a grunt |