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 |
|---|---|
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |