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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    What part of speech is "streamlet", meaning "rivulet"?

    • A.

      Adverb

    • B.

      Verb

    • C.

      Noun

    • D.

      Adjective

    Correct Answer
    C. Noun
  • 2. 

    What part of speech is "stringency", meaning "strictness"?

    • A.

      Adverb

    • B.

      Adjective

    • C.

      Noun

    • D.

      Verb

    Correct Answer
    C. Noun
  • 3. 

    What part of speech is "stringent", meaning "rigid"?

    • A.

      Noun

    • B.

      Adverb & Adjective

    • C.

      Adjective

    • D.

      Verb

    Correct Answer
    C. Adjective
  • 4. 

    What part of speech is "stripling", meaning "a mere youth"?

    • A.

      Adjective

    • B.

      Verb

    • C.

      Adverb

    • D.

      Noun

    Correct Answer
    D. Noun
  • 5. 

    What part of speech is "studious", meaning "having or showing devotion to the acquisition of knowledge"?

    • A.

      Verb

    • B.

      Noun

    • C.

      Adjective

    • D.

      Adverb

    Correct Answer
    C. Adjective
  • 6. 

    What part of speech is "stupendous", meaning "of prodigious size, bulk, or degree"?

    • A.

      Adverb

    • B.

      Verb

    • C.

      Adjective

    • D.

      Noun

    Correct Answer
    C. Adjective
  • 7. 

    What part of speech is "suasion", meaning "the act of persuading"?

    • A.

      Adjective

    • B.

      Adverb

    • C.

      Noun

    • D.

      Verb

    Correct Answer
    C. Noun
  • 8. 

    What part of speech is "suave", meaning "smooth and pleasant in manner"?

    • A.

      Noun

    • B.

      Verb

    • C.

      Adverb

    • D.

      Adjective

    Correct Answer
    D. Adjective
  • 9. 

    What part of speech is "subacid", meaning "somewhat sharp or biting"?

    • A.

      Adjective

    • B.

      Adverb

    • C.

      Noun

    • D.

      Verb

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective
  • 10. 

    What part of speech is "subjugate", meaning "to conquer"?

    • A.

      Noun

    • B.

      Adjective

    • C.

      Verb

    • D.

      Adverb

    Correct Answer
    C. Verb
  • 11. 

    What part of speech is "subliminal", meaning "being beneath the threshold of consciousness"?

    • A.

      Noun

    • B.

      Verb

    • C.

      Adjective

    • D.

      Adverb

    Correct Answer
    C. Adjective
  • 12. 

    What part of speech is "sublingual", meaning "situated beneath the tongue"?

    • A.

      Noun

    • B.

      Adverb

    • C.

      Adjective

    • D.

      Verb

    Correct Answer
    C. Adjective
  • 13. 

    What part of speech is "subside", meaning "to relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity"?

    • A.

      Adjective

    • B.

      Noun

    • C.

      Adverb

    • D.

      Verb

    Correct Answer
    D. Verb
  • 14. 

    What part of speech is "subsist", meaning "to be maintained or sustained"?

    • A.

      Verb

    • B.

      Adjective

    • C.

      Adverb

    • D.

      Noun

    Correct Answer
    A. Verb
  • 15. 

    What part of speech is "subsistence", meaning "sustenance"?

    • A.

      Adjective

    • B.

      Adverb

    • C.

      Noun

    • D.

      Verb

    Correct Answer
    C. Noun

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