An adjective that can vary in degree (e.g., big, interesting).

An adjective that can vary in degree (e.g., big, interesting).

• A. Gradable Adjective
• B. Non-gradable Adjective
• C. Quantitative Adjective
• D. Stative Adjective

Answer: (A)

Adjectives that can vary in degree describe properties along a scale. You can intensify them with words like very or extremely, and you can compare items using comparative or superlative forms: bigger, biggest; more interesting, most interesting. This flexibility is what marks them as gradable. In contrast, non-gradable adjectives express absolute states or qualities that don’t easily change in degree—things you don’t normally modify or compare, such as dead or unique. Quantitative adjectives focus on amount rather than degree of quality, and stative adjectives describe a state rather than an action, but neither inherently emphasizes varying degree like gradable ones do. So terms like big and interesting are gradable adjectives.