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 |
|---|---|
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| marked | having an identifying mark |