Question

Find the meaning of the underlined word.
Soaring rates of interest have recently made it difficult for young couples to buy their own homes.

• A. Rapidly rising
• B. Very expensive
• C. Slowly rising
• D. Extremely painful
• E. Erroneous

Answer 1

The correct option is A Rapidly rising

'Soaring' means increase rapidly above the usual level.

"the cost of living continued to soar"

In this context, "Soaring rates of interest have recently made it difficult for young couples to buy their own homes.", 'soaring' means rising rapidly. Hence, option A is correct and the other options are not because they do not provide the appropriate information.