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 |
|---|---|
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |