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 |
|---|---|
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |