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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thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
anemia | a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume |