Because the jury had reached a deadlock, the judge called for a retrial

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Because the jury had reached a deadlock, the judge called for a retrial.

reduction

disagreement

impasse

verdict

Giải thích

Đáp án C

Deadlock (n) ≈ impasse (n): sự đình trệ, bế tắc, ngõ cụt
Reduction (n): sự giảm sút, disagreement (n): sự không đồng ý, verdict (n): Tạm dịch: Vì bồi thẩm đoàn gặp bế tắc trong quyết định nên quan tòa kêu gọi xử lại.