Question

HELP PLEASE!!!!! "So ardent was their need that [the children] were about to fall out of the open door when they saw their father detaching himself from the knot of passengers and drivers standing in the road and making his way back to them. Ardent most likely means a. accurate b. heartfelt c. powerful d. sudden

Answer 1

The answer would most likely be C. powerful.

Ardent means enthusiastic or passionate, and powerful is the closest. 

Answer 2

The answer is C: powerful.

The word ardent means a very strong or powerful feeling that is typically defined by an eager, intense, or fervent emotion, like in this case the children´s need at the sight of their father. Although there is little context in the excerpt to define the root of the children´s need, one can see that their reaction is strong enough to be characterized as ardent, passionate or powerful enough to make them almost fall out of the open door.