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 |
|---|---|
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| wont | accustomed |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |