Word | moment |
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QType | H |
Instructions | In this sentence, moment means: |
Sentence | It took Mariam a moment to realize she was being spoken to. |
Source | A Thousand Splendid Suns |
Source URL | https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Splendid-Suns-Khaled-Hosseini-ebook/dp/B000SCHC0Q |
Source Title | A Thousand Splendid Suns |
Choices | second | scream | support | stumble |
Correct Answer | second |
Definition | In this question, moment is a noun that means an indefinitely short time. |
Blurb | A moment is a particular point in time. Some moments you remember forever: like the moment you earned your driver's license or the moment you learned that you passed your organic chemistry class. A moment is a short, but unspecified, amount of time. At Thanksgiving, you are supposed to take a moment to be grateful for friends and family. Or maybe you have been asked to observe a "moment of silence" for a national tragedy. Moment can also mean "importance." If you say something is "of little moment," then you are saying it doesn't matter. |
Level | 1 |
Frequency | 0.071428571 |
Page Frequency | once / 14 pages |
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