Discussion
Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to the word 'pounding' as used in para 2 of the passage ?
Answer: C
The word closest in meaning to 'pounding' is palpitating.
In 'the pounding heart of man', pounding describes a heart beating hard and fast, as it does with excitement. Palpitating means beating rapidly and strongly, so it carries the same sense.
Shaking is trembling of the body or an object, not the beating of a heart. Benumbing means making something numb, almost the opposite of an excited, throbbing heart. Sinking suggests a heart that sinks with disappointment, the reverse of the joy described.
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