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 |
|---|---|
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| gazette | newspaper |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |