Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word.

Rescuers were engaged in a frantic all night effort to reach the survivors before their supply of air ran out.

  1. fracas

  2. emotional

  3. hurried state

  4. groper

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Frantic means wildly excited, hurried, or desperate - a rushed state of urgent activity. 'Hurried state' captures this sense of urgent, rushed action. Fracas means a noisy disturbance, emotional describes feelings rather than the state of activity, and grober is unrelated.