Social injustice - Vocab revision 2

The employee decided to ______ from the heated argument to avoid escalating the situation.

• consent

• disengage

• confer

• repel

Before the doctors could proceed with the surgery, the patient had to ______ to the procedure.

• acquit

• shun

• consent

• plead

The university decided to ______ an honorary degree on the scientist for his groundbreaking research.

• confer

• plead

• discern

• repel

Teachers must be able to ______ between students who need extra support and those who simply refuse to study.

• discriminate

• shun

• discern

• plead

It is often difficult to ______ the real intentions of a person just by their words.

• acquit

• discern

• repel

• deflect

The security guards had to ______ the unruly fans before they could enter the stadium.

• subdue

• plead

• consent

• shun

The strong smell of chemicals was enough to ______ most customers from entering the store.

• shun

• repel

• discern

• deflect

He managed to ______ the journalist’s question about the scandal, shifting the focus to his latest project.

• deflect

• confer

• discern

• subdue

The hurricane caused absolute ______, destroying homes and infrastructure across the region.

• critical

• havoc

• verdict

• fringe

After being accused of corruption, the politician was publicly ______ by his former supporters.

• acquitted

• discerned

• shunned

• subdued