Question

Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of: Impassioned
a. Ardent
b. Impressive
c. Sympathetic
d. Irresponsible

Answer 1

Hint: We use ‘impassioned’ to express something strongly felt. We have to choose the word that expresses its right meaning.

Complete answer:
The given term ‘impassioned’ is an adjective describing strong or great emotion. Impassioned also indicates something strongly felt and expressed.
Example: Having left alone by all her relatives, she made an impassioned plea to the neighbours to let her live.
> In option a, we have ‘ardent.’ Ardent is an adjective that defines something highly passionate or enthusiastic. We usually use this term to define an avid or heartfelt supporter of something or someone. So, we understand that ‘ardent’ is the right meaning for ‘impassioned.’
- Impressive in option b is wrong here. An adjective, ‘impressive’ defines something that evokes great admiration, particularly through its size, quality, or skill. As this is different from ‘impassioned’, we rule out this option.
- Similarly, ‘sympathetic’ in option c is also wrong as the term indicates someone who expresses sympathy to almost everyone and everything. It also indicates someone who cares deeply about others suffering.
- In option d, we have ‘irresponsible’ which is an incorrect option. We call a person or attitude ‘irresponsible’ when no proper sense of responsibility is shown. Hence, this is an incorrect option.

Note: Though words like immoral, immature, impossible are negatives formed by addition of the prefix ‘im’, ‘impassioned’ is not of that kind.