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 |
|---|---|
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |