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

WordMeaning
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
herbivorousfeeding on plants
featurethe structure, form, or appearance especially of a person
undermineto subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
feralof, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast
stupora condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
causticcapable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive
vertexthe top of the head
oatha 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