GRE Word List

DOMINANT

commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others

The meaning of the word dominant is commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others.

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conclavea private meeting or secret assembly
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
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trickleto issue or fall in drops
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dispiritedto deprive of morale or enthusiasm
dapperneat and trim in appearance
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
mogulan Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin