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 |
|---|---|
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |