Read the following passage:
while these thoughts were passing through my brain, i mechanically took up the execrable puzzle and tried every imaginable way of grouping the letters.
using context clues, what might execrable mean?
about to leave
unpleasant
excitable
removable

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?