Question

The animals who refused to work were given a severe ______________ that they did not recover from for days.

(A) Flogging
(B) Disinter
(C) Retribution
(D) Malignity

Answer 1

Flogging is the most suitable word in this sentence, as flogging means to whip on an animal or person, disinter means to dig, retribution means to punish someone for a crime (they clearly did not do a crime), and malignity means to have an urge to hurt others.