Question

(2)
SECTION - A
Choose the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence from among
the alternatives given in the brackets:
All of us will spend many years, if not generations, recovering from that
profound hurt
(light and vain / abnormal / deep and strong )​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Here the answer must be deep and strong.As the blacks were segregated in SA due to apartheid,the hurt was very profound.

Answer 2

All of us will spend many years, if not generations, recovering from that

profound hurt (deep and strong)

Explanation:

• Meaning of profound  very intense; the deepest part of something; felt or experienced something in an extreme way; showing a deep and clear understanding of serious matters; experienced or felt strongly; extreme; having intellectual depth and insight; penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge
• Sentences using the word profound

1. The victory had a profound impact on the rest of the battle
2. Do you know that profound thinker?
3. There was profound grief or the thousand lives lost.
4. What she found in his eyes inside was profound sadness.