GRE Word List
DOMINANT
commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others
The meaning of the word dominant is commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |