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 |
|---|---|
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |