Identify the word that best describes the underlined word for the following question.
The rest of the inheritance was given to charity.
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noun
pronoun
adjective
preposition
noun
The underlined word "charity" is a noun.
To identify the word that best describes the underlined word, we should first identify the underlined word itself. In this case, the underlined word is "the rest."
Now, let's look at the options provided: noun, pronoun, adjective, and preposition.
Since "the rest" is referring to something and replacing a group of words, it cannot be an adjective or a preposition.
A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun, and in this case, "the rest" is replacing the specific noun "inheritance."
Therefore, the word that best describes the underlined word "the rest" is a pronoun.