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 |
|---|---|
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
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| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| demise | death |