If you analyze a sentence and find the word "tantalizing" directly preceding the noun "meal," you should conclude that "tantalizing" is a(n) . preposition

verb

adjective

adverb

noun
.

comfortable

explanation:

one type of the adjectives is predicate adjective. a predicate adjective is an adjective which follows a linking verb and modifies or refers back to the main subject of that linking verb.

it usually is used just before the noun it modies.

here in this example:

'penguins seem comfortable in the coolest habitats', comfortable is the predicate adjective which follows the linking verb 'seem' and modifies the noun.