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
withholdto hold back from action : check
fronda large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions
delveexcavate
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
indulgeto yield to the desire of : humor
incapacitateto deprive of capacity or natural power : disable
fusionthe act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat
ruthlesshaving no pity : merciless
hurlrush