Question

Find the synonym of the underlined word.

Adrenaline has the effect of strengthening and accelerating the heartbeat.

a)Diminishing
b)Aborting
c)Quickening
d)Abolishing
e)Adopting

Answer 1

Hint: We have to find the word that means quite similar or exact to the underlined term here. To accelerate means to fasten or gear up the speed of doing something.

Complete step-by-step answer:

 Accelerate is a verb that we commonly use to describe the speeding up or increase in the rate of speed of activity. It also means to boost, promote, or stimulate someone or something to gain its full momentum.
The given sentence shows how the production of adrenaline helps in boosting and speeding up our heartbeat. Thus, it becomes clear that ‘quickening’ in option c is the most suited synonym here.
Diminish is the verb that we use to describe the decrease or reduction in something; or the less value or significance over a particular thing. Therefore, option a is incorrect.
Option b is also wrong. Aborting is the technique of terminating or undergoing the medical process of removing a fetus from the womb. We also use the term to indicate the premature halt imposed over something.
Option d is incorrect here because to abolish something means to put an end to a system or practice.
Adopting option e refers to taking someone else’s child and bringing it up as one’s own.

Note: The antonym of accelerating is decelerated or slow down. Diminishing therefore can be its opposite.