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 |
|---|---|
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| wanton | merciless |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |