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 |
|---|---|
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| distort | to twist (see twist |