We cannot be entirely sure, because you didn't write the entry where the word can be found, but nevertheless, the word <em>defalcation, </em>meaning misappropriation of money or funds held by an official, trustee, or other fiduciary, is a part of speech known as noun.
If you need us to check your answers, it would be good to write the actual answers. :)
However, here is what I think:
<span>1. I wrote an account of my voyage across the sea on the Mayflower. - A. William Bradford (he did write about the Mayflower)
2. </span><span>My persuasive writing opposed reconciliation with Great Britain. - E. Thomas Paine (he was against peace with England)
3. </span><span>My writing style includes rhyming couplets. - C. Anne Bradstreet (her poems are written in stanzas of two lines which rhyme)
4. </span><span>In 1776, when others were hesitant, I drafted the grievances of the Colonies. - F. Thomas Jefferson (Declaration of Independence)
5. </span><span>My account of the Middle Passage created a new genre of narratives. - D. Olaudah Equiano
There is no option for Captain John Smith.</span>
The meaning conveyed by the morpheme chron- in each of the words listed: chronology, chronicle. chronic and chronogram means, TIME. The word "chron-" comes from the Greek word "khronos" meaning time. Chronology means the arrangement of dates of events in order. Chronicle means a record of a series of events. Chronic means persistent and chronogram means time writing.
Answer:
devouring: swallow and consume
absorbing: fascinating and interesting
process: operation and action
consumed: eat and ingest
digesting break down and dissolve
