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 |
|---|---|
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |