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 |
|---|---|
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |