1. Netta and Jim argued over their views of free trade.
2. Netta and Jim had different views on free trade.
3. Netta and Jim were sharply split over the issue of free trade.
4. Netta and Jim refused to discuss the issue of free trade.
1. In these four sentences, the word that's most obviously a loaded word is
A. different.
B. refused.
C. sharply.
D. argued.

Respuesta :

I think that the best answer here is "sharply": it implies a judgement: that the speaker thinks that they were very split over their differences.
All the other options refer to facts, even if the facts are about arguing, which itself is loaded emotionally.