Parts of Speech

Jostle is primarily a verb meaning to push, elbow, or bump against someone roughly, typically in a crowd. It expresses the action of making contact while moving through a space.

Journey is most commonly used as a noun referring to an act of traveling from one place to another. While it can function as a verb, the noun form is the primary usage tested in grammar.

Journal is primarily a noun referring to a daily record of events or a periodical dealing with matters of current interest. It names a type of publication or personal record.

Jot is primarily used as a verb meaning to write quickly or briefly, as in jot down a note. While it can be a noun meaning a tiny amount, the verb form is more common in everyday usage.

Joy is a noun referring to a feeling of great pleasure and happiness. It names an emotion or state of mind, which is its primary function in English.

Jubilee is a noun because it names a specific event or anniversary celebration. Nouns are words that identify people, places, things, or ideas. Jubilee refers to a special anniversary or celebration, which is a thing/event, making it a noun. Verbs describe actions, adjectives describe qualities, adverbs modify verbs/adjectives, and prepositions show relationships.

Jovial is an adjective because it describes a quality or characteristic of a person. Jovial means cheerful, friendly, or full of high spirits. Adjectives modify nouns by describing their qualities. Since jovial describes someone's personality or demeanor, it functions as an adjective, not a noun (person/place/thing) or verb (action).

Jute is a noun because it names a specific material - a plant fiber used to make rope, burlap, and other products. Nouns identify people, places, things, or ideas. Jute refers to the plant itself and the fiber produced from it, making it a thing. The word doesn't describe an action (verb), quality (adjective), or relationship (preposition).

The word 'My' is a possessive pronoun that indicates ownership or relationship, modifying the noun phrase 'brother's wife'.

Wife refers to a person, specifically a female spouse, which makes it a noun. Nouns name people, places, things, or ideas, and are often used as subjects or objects in sentences.

Is functions as a linking verb connecting the subject wife to the complement a graduate. Linking verbs connect the subject to additional information about it rather than showing action.

In shows the relationship between graduate and law, indicating the field of specialization. Prepositions are words that show relationships between other words in a sentence, often indicating position, direction, or relationship.

Graduate is used as a noun here, referring to a person who has completed a degree. While graduate can be a verb, in this context it names a person, making it a noun.

Sanskrit is the name of a specific language, which makes it a proper noun. Proper nouns name specific people, places, languages, or things and are always capitalized.

Knows is an action verb showing what the subject can do. It describes the action of possessing knowledge, which is a mental action performed by the subject.