Question

Find the synonym of the underline word.
Prices skyrocket when there is severe shortage of any product.
a)tower
b)slow
c)fall
d)soar
e)decrease

Answer 1

Hint: Skyrocket means to reach very great heights just like a rocket that goes very high into the sky. In the given sentence if prices are being said to skyrocket, it means the prices rise to a high level. Things become very expensive when there is a great lack of food products.

Complete answer:
Let us look at the given options to find out the most suitable synonym for the underlined word. A synonym is a word that means the same as another word.
Option a is a tower. Tower means to reach great heights. However, it is not an appropriate word to be used for prices.
Option b is slow. Being slow refers to speed. However, the context of money is not requiring any reference to speed.
Option c is fall. When we use the word ‘fall’ in the given sentence, it does not convey the proper meaning. How can the prices of products be less when the product available is less in quantity?
Option d is soar. Soar means to rise very high. However, it also means to rise very quickly above a particular level. If we use this word in the given sentence, we can see that it is appropriately conveying the meaning of the whole sentence, that is, the prices of products which are short in supply rises very rapidly above a certain level.
Option e is decreased. Similar to option c, when we use this word in the sentence, it implies that food prices of products which are short in supply, fall.
Thus, from the explanation of the given options, we can see that the correct option is option d because using it in the sentence conveys the meaning of the sentence perfectly.

Note: It is highly possible that students get confused between the tower and soar. In such cases, we have to find out the difference between the two words. Both the words mean to rise high. But the word tower is usually used for people who are very tall. Soar means to rise above a certain level therefore we can see that the word soar is more appropriate.