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I believe a gerund is a "ing" word taking place as a noun. We can't be 100% sure, because it is not used in a sentence, it depends on how you use it in the sentence if it is a gerund or not. Overall, the word "writing" is not a gerund.
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He gets scared. it really rattles him, mentally
Most people call her a level-headed student. That would be the correct answer, because level-headed is always hyphenated.
I would say C, Definitions - because dictionaries are used to see what the words mean in usually a brief explanation and there is no history or language origins (some specific ones may but not ALL DICTIONARIES)