GRE Word List
ASCENDANCY
governing or controlling influence : domination
The meaning of the word ascendancy is governing or controlling influence : domination.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| cryptic | secret |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |