What part of speech is the word suppression? Thanks!

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read the following excerpt from the novel "oliver twist" by charles dickens. although oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not theoretically acquainted with the beautiful axiom that self-preservation is the first law of nature. if he had been, perhaps he would have been prepared for this. not being prepared, however, it alarmed him the more; so away he went

Which of the following would not be a good supporting sentence for an example paragraph with the following topic sentence?

The first step in synthesizing is to ?