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 |
|---|---|
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |