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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|---|---|
| verbalize | to express something in words |
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| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
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