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 |
|---|---|
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| auroral | dawn |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |