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 |
|---|---|
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |