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 |
|---|---|
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| concentric | having a common center |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |