GRE Word List
ASCENDANCY
governing or controlling influence : domination
The meaning of the word ascendancy is governing or controlling influence : domination.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| dominate | rule |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |