identify the type of change illustrated.

chairman. at medieval conferences the only man privileged to sit in a chair was the one in authority. today chairman means one who presides over a meeting.

amelioration
pejoration
generalization
specialization

Read the passage, then use the explanation to infer the meaning of the word predominant. the novel was so popular that it was eventually added to a list of books that every ninth grader had to read. it became the predominant work of literature. what is the most likely definition of the word predominant?