Skepticism Terms

noun a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

adjective a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it

adverb a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

conjunction a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

interjection an exclamation, especially as a part of speech

• The veterinarian explained that QUACKing is a common symptom among ducks with respiratory infections.
• I heard the ducks QUACKing loudly by the pond this morning.
• Stop QUACKing about your problems and deal with them head-on.
• The politician's promises were nothing but QUACKing to appease the public.