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 |
|---|---|
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |