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 |
|---|---|
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |