SAT word of the day

dominant


Part of Speech	adjective
Head Word	dom-i-nant
Definition	Ruling governing prevailing controlling predominant as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.
Origin	L. - dominans, -antis p. pr. cf. F. dominant. Dominate.

Part of Speech	noun
Head Word	dom-i-nant
Definition	The fifth tone of the scale thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
Field of Knowledge	(Mus.)

Articles

9/16/2009 Red Sox Quick Fixes

... survive in the playoffs a team needs at least two dominant starters who can give 6 or 7 innings without any serious da ...

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Other SAT prep words in this article: consistent, deliberate, desperate, detriment, reliable, squander

6/1/2009 Dice-K Yet to Find Groove

... with 5 walks and 13 strikeouts. Matsuzaka was dominant, exhibiting a consistent aggressiveness that he has yet to ...

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Other SAT prep words in this article: consistent, critic

Headlines

Headline - 9/12/2009 Ray-Ray Focused on 08' Season Despite Contract Status

... emistry to make this thing work so we can be that dominant team like we were in �08.� �We always talk about teams o ...

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Other SAT prep words in this news: contention, deflect, veteran