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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    What part of speech is "sedate", meaning "even-tempered"?

    • A.

      Verb

    • B.

      Adverb

    • C.

      Adjective

    • D.

      Noun

    Correct Answer
    C. Adjective
  • 2. 

    What part of speech is "sediment", meaning "matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid"?

    • A.

      Verb

    • B.

      Adjective

    • C.

      Noun

    • D.

      Adverb

    Correct Answer
    C. Noun
  • 3. 

    What part of speech is "seditious", meaning "promotive of conduct directed against public order and the tranquillity of the state"?

    • A.

      Noun

    • B.

      Adjective

    • C.

      Adverb

    • D.

      Verb

    Correct Answer
    B. Adjective
  • 4. 

    What part of speech is "seduce", meaning "to entice to surrender chastity"?

    • A.

      Adjective

    • B.

      Verb

    • C.

      Adverb

    • D.

      Noun

    Correct Answer
    B. Verb
  • 5. 

    What part of speech is "sedulous", meaning "persevering in effort or endeavor"?

    • A.

      Noun

    • B.

      Adverb

    • C.

      Verb

    • D.

      Adjective

    Correct Answer
    D. Adjective
  • 6. 

    What part of speech is "seer", meaning "a prophet"?

    • A.

      Adverb

    • B.

      Verb

    • C.

      Adjective

    • D.

      Noun

    Correct Answer
    D. Noun
  • 7. 

    What part of speech is "seignior", meaning "a title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir"?

    • A.

      Adjective

    • B.

      Adverb

    • C.

      Noun

    • D.

      Verb

    Correct Answer
    C. Noun
  • 8. 

    What part of speech is "seismograph", meaning "an instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes"?

    • A.

      Adverb

    • B.

      Verb

    • C.

      Adjective

    • D.

      Noun

    Correct Answer
    D. Noun
  • 9. 

    What part of speech is "seize", meaning "to catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly"?

    • A.

      Adjective

    • B.

      Adverb

    • C.

      Verb

    • D.

      Noun

    Correct Answer
    C. Verb
  • 10. 

    What part of speech is "semicivilized", meaning "half-civilized"?

    • A.

      Verb

    • B.

      Adjective

    • C.

      Noun

    • D.

      Adverb

    Correct Answer
    B. Adjective
  • 11. 

    What part of speech is "semiannual", meaning "recurring at intervals of six months"?

    • A.

      Verb

    • B.

      Adjective

    • C.

      Noun

    • D.

      Adverb

    Correct Answer
    B. Adjective
  • 12. 

    What part of speech is "semicircle", meaning "a half-circle"?

    • A.

      Verb

    • B.

      Noun

    • C.

      Adverb

    • D.

      Adjective

    Correct Answer
    B. Noun
  • 13. 

    What part of speech is "seminar", meaning "any assemblage of pupils for real research in some specific study under a teacher"?

    • A.

      Adjective

    • B.

      Noun

    • C.

      Adverb

    • D.

      Verb

    Correct Answer
    B. Noun
  • 14. 

    What part of speech is "senile", meaning "peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age"?

    • A.

      Adjective

    • B.

      Verb

    • C.

      Noun

    • D.

      Adverb

    Correct Answer
    A. Adjective
  • 15. 

    What part of speech is "sensorium", meaning "the sensory apparatus"?

    • A.

      Noun

    • B.

      Adverb & Adjective

    • C.

      Adjective

    • D.

      Verb

    Correct Answer
    A. Noun

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