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 |
|---|---|
| antiquity | ancient times |
| colloquy | conversation |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |