The Ultimate Parts Of Speech Trivia
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- 1.
What part of speech is "pious", meaning "religious"?
- A.
Adjective
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Verb
- D.
Noun
Correct Answer
A. Adjective -
- 2.
What part of speech is "piteous", meaning "compassionate"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adjective
- C.
Adverb
- D.
Verb
Correct Answer
B. 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"?
- A.
Verb
- B.
Adjective
- C.
Noun
- D.
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"?
- A.
Verb
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Noun
- D.
Adjective
Correct Answer
C. Noun -
- 5.
What part of speech is "plausible", meaning "seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt"?
- A.
Verb
- B.
Adjective
- C.
Noun
- D.
Adverb
Correct Answer
B. Adjective -
- 6.
What part of speech is "playful", meaning "frolicsome"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Adjective
- D.
Verb
Correct Answer
C. Adjective -
- 7.
What part of speech is "playwright", meaning "a maker of plays for the stage"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Adjective
- D.
Verb
Correct Answer
A. Noun -
- 8.
What part of speech is "plea", meaning "an argument to obtain some desired action"?
- A.
Adjective
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Verb
- D.
Noun
Correct Answer
D. Noun -
- 9.
What part of speech is "plenary", meaning "entire"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Verb
- C.
Adverb
- D.
Adjective
Correct Answer
D. Adjective -
- 10.
What part of speech is "plenitude", meaning "abundance"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Verb
- C.
Adverb
- D.
Adjective
Correct Answer
A. Noun -
- 11.
What part of speech is "plenteous", meaning "abundant"?
- A.
Adjective
- B.
Verb
- C.
Adverb
- D.
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"?
- A.
Adjective
- B.
Noun
- C.
Adverb
- D.
Verb
Correct Answer
A. Adjective -
- 13.
What part of speech is "pneumatic", meaning "pertaining to or consisting of air or gas"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Adjective
- D.
Verb
Correct Answer
C. Adjective -
- 14.
What part of speech is "poetics", meaning "the rules and principles of poetry"?
- A.
Verb
- B.
Noun
- C.
Adverb
- D.
Adjective
Correct Answer
B. Noun -
- 15.
What part of speech is "poignancy", meaning "severity or acuteness, especially of pain or grief"?
- A.
Noun
- B.
Adverb
- C.
Adjective
- D.
Verb
Correct Answer
A. Noun -
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