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 |
|---|---|
| purse | a small bag for money |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |