GRE Word List
HEGEMONY
preponderant influence or authority over others : domination
The meaning of the word hegemony is preponderant influence or authority over others : domination.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| shack | hut |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| sheer | unqualified |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |