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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |