The Ultimate Parts Of Speech Trivia

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    What part of speech is "pious", meaning "religious"?

    • Adjective
    • Adverb
    • Verb
    • Noun
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  • 2. 

    What part of speech is "piteous", meaning "compassionate"?

    • Noun

    • Adjective

    • Adverb

    • Verb

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective
  • 3. 

    What part of speech is "placate", meaning "to bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness"?

    • Verb

    • Adjective

    • Noun

    • Adverb

    Correct Answer
    A. Verb
  • 4. 

    What part of speech is "plagiarism", meaning "the stealing of passages from the writings of another and publishing them as one's own"?

    • Verb

    • Adverb

    • Noun

    • Adjective

    Correct Answer
    A. Noun
  • 5. 

    What part of speech is "plausible", meaning "seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt"?

    • Verb

    • Adjective

    • Noun

    • Adverb

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective
  • 6. 

    What part of speech is "playful", meaning "frolicsome"?

    • Noun

    • Adverb

    • Adjective

    • Verb

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective
  • 7. 

    What part of speech is "playwright", meaning "a maker of plays for the stage"?

    • Noun

    • Adverb

    • Adjective

    • Verb

    Correct Answer
    A. Noun
  • 8. 

    What part of speech is "plea", meaning "an argument to obtain some desired action"?

    • Adjective

    • Adverb

    • Verb

    • Noun

    Correct Answer
    A. Noun
  • 9. 

    What part of speech is "plenary", meaning "entire"?

    • Noun

    • Verb

    • Adverb

    • Adjective

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective
  • 10. 

    What part of speech is "plenitude", meaning "abundance"?

    • Noun

    • Verb

    • Adverb

    • Adjective

    Correct Answer
    A. Noun
  • 11. 

    What part of speech is "plenteous", meaning "abundant"?

    • Adjective

    • Verb

    • Adverb

    • Noun

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective
  • 12. 

    What part of speech is "pluperfect", meaning "expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action"?

    • Adjective

    • Noun

    • Adverb

    • Verb

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective
  • 13. 

    What part of speech is "pneumatic", meaning "pertaining to or consisting of air or gas"?

    • Noun

    • Adverb

    • Adjective

    • Verb

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective
  • 14. 

    What part of speech is "poetics", meaning "the rules and principles of poetry"?

    • Verb

    • Noun

    • Adverb

    • Adjective

    Correct Answer
    A. Noun
  • 15. 

    What part of speech is "poignancy", meaning "severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief"?

    • Noun

    • Adverb

    • Adjective

    • Verb

    Correct Answer
    A. Noun

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