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 |
|---|---|
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
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| emanate | to come out from a source |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| junket | trip |
| meander | a winding path or course |