[Video] Q35: As used in line 53, “dominion” most nearly means

Explanation for Question 35 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7

Question 35 asks as used in line 53 dominion. 2 Most nearly means what? So let's look at the sentence that this word is 3 contained and that the referencing here and see if we can get some more 4 context to answer this question. So the symptoms that they're talking about 5 starts in line 50, it says mankind have outgrown the state and all things 6 now tend to substitute as the general principle of human relations, 7 adjust equality instead of the dominion of the strongest. 8 So in this case, we can look at a couple of things here. 9 The first thing we're going to look at obviously is the word that they're 10 referencing, which is just dominion. So we're trying to understand what the context 11 of that word is. So the first evidency thing we can look at here 12 is going to be outgrowing this state. 13 So they're talking about some condition of society or like circumstance 14 of living. 15 So just kind of to have that in the back of our mind, 16 it says all things tend to substitute as a general principle of human relations, 17 adjust equality, instead of the dominion of the strongest. 18 So there, we see a comparison between these two things, 19 adjust equality and a dominion of the strongest. 20 And since this is like a contrast in comparison, 21 we can conclude that these two things are going to be like opposites of 22 each other or indirect conflict with each other. 23 So in this case, 24 if you're looking at adjust equality versus something having to do with strong people,...