Probably no belief has been more tenaciously held among people of all times than the conviction that it is possible to judge an individual's mental characteristics by the way he is put together physically. Novelists describe the build, facial shape, coloring, and cloths of their characters in such a way as to accentuate the inner qualities which they assume are  'pooh-pooh' the idea of fortune -telling in general still feel that "there may be something in this palmistry or phrenology." Books explaining personality in terms of the glands obtain wide and enthusiastic acceptance. Employment interviewers develop their own systems of judging prospective employees by their appearance. Habits of thinking in such terms are ingrained in our language in such expressions as "high-brow," "long-headed," of "thin-skinned ."

'Prospective ' in the passage is a /an ____ .

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The Adjective


Adjective: যে শব্দ Noun বা Pronoun-এর দোষ, গুণ, অবস্থা, সংখ্যা, পরিমাণ ইত্যাদি প্রকাশ করে তাকে Adjective বলে ।

Adjective-এর প্রকারভেদ

1. Adjective of Quality : এই প্রকার adjective কোনো noun বা pronoun-এর দোষ, গুণ, অবস্থান প্রকাশ করে । যেমন- good, beautiful, strong, weak, ugly, bad ইত্যাদি ।


2.Adjective of Quantity : এই প্রকারের adjective কোনো কিছুর পরিমাপ নির্দেশ করে। যেমন— much, little, whole, some enough, sufficient, all ইত্যাদি। " 

3.Numeral Adjective:  এ adjective noun বা pronoun এর সংখ্যা নির্দেশ করে।যেমন- one, two, four, second, third, single, double 

Numeral Adjective তিন প্রকার :

i. Cardinal Numeral Adjective: One, two, three, four.

ii. Ordinal Numeral Adjective: First, second, third.

iii. Multiplicative Numeral Adjective: Single, double, triple, fourfold, fivefold.

4. Indefinite Numeral Adjective: All, some, many, enough, several, few adjective যখন noun-এর নির্দিষ্ট কোনো সংখ্যা প্রকাশ করে না তখন তাদেরকে Indefinite Numeral Adjective বলে।

For example: He is a man of few words.

5.Pronominal Adjective: Pronoun যখন Noun এর পূর্বে বসে Adjective এর কাজ করে তাহলে সে Pronoun কে Pronominal Adjective বলে।
যেমন: This is his pen.

Pronominal Adjective এর প্রকারভেদ:  : 

(i)Demonstrative Adjective: Demonstrative Adjective বস্তুকে বিশেষভাবে নির্দেশ করে। যেমন— this, that, these, those, such ইত্যাদি।
She was one of those people who are forever worried about money.

(ii)Distributive Adjective: Distributive pronoun adjective তাদেরকে distributive adjective বলে। যেমন— each, every, either, neither ইত্যাদি। Every man is potential. 

6.Interrogative Adjective: Interrogative pronoun গুলো যখন Adjective রুপে কাজ করে তখন তাকে interrogative adjective বলে। যেমন— What, which, whose ইত্যাদি।
I play violin which musical instrument do you play?

7.Possessive Adjective: Possessive pronoun যখন noun এর পূর্বে বসে adjective-এর কাজ করে তখন তাকে possessive adjective বলে। যেমন— his, my, our, their, its, one's.
One should keep one's  promises.

8.Relative Adjective: Relative pronoun  যখন noun এর পূর্বে বসে  adjective- করে তাহলে তাকে relative adjective বলে। যেমন— Whose, which, what ইত্যাদি ।
Salma could not tell whose books were left on the table.

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