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 |
|---|---|
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| imbue | endow |
| ignite | to set afire |