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 |
|---|---|
| residual | remainder |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |