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Question 1

• to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it:
• to get rid of a card you are holding during a card game

Answer 1

discard

• Discarded food containers and bottles littered the streets.
• if our brand cannot discard the information … https://youtu.be/XDfUzIAyzRw

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/discard

Question 2

to remove fears, doubts, and false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary:

Answer 2

dispel

• I’d like to start the speech by dispelling a few rumours that have been spreading recently.
• We need to dispel the myths and establish real facts.
• that’s one more myth to dispel
• https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dispel
• https://youtu.be/XDfUzIAyzRw

Question 3

(of a person) to speak seriously about something, especially in a law court, or to give or provide proof:

of a fact, event, etc.) to show something or prove that something is true

Answer 3

Testify

• He testified that he had seen the man leaving the building around the time of the murder.
• These monuments testify to the prosperity of the country and the richness of its culture.
• As his story testifies, social mobility is not a myth.

Question 4

the total amount that can be contained or produced:

someone’s ability to do a particular thing:

Answer 4

capacity

The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.
- The generators each have a capacity of (= can produce) 1,000 kilowatts.
- How can we actually improve a capacity of retaining the words

• She has a great capacity for hard work.
• It seems to be beyond his capacity to follow simple instructions.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/capacity

Question 5

the process of finding and bringing back something:

the act or process of getting something back, especially money or something that has been lost:

Answer 5

retrieval

• the storage and retrieval of information
• The box can be opened mechanically to allow retrieval of medications.
• ATM makers are considering using a consumer’s iris to allow the retrieval of cash instead of punched-in passwords.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/retrieval

Question 6

If you do something at the drop of a hat, you do it immediately without stopping to think about it:

easily, with little encouragement:

Idioms

Answer 6

at the drop of a hat

People will file lawsuits at the drop of a hat these days.
I hate to speak in public, but she’ll get up on stage at the drop of a hat.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/at-the-drop-of-a-hat

Question 7

to follow a different direction, or to be or become different:

to go in different directions from the same point, or to become different:

if rates, values, or amounts diverge, the difference between them increases:

Answer 7

Diverge

They walked along the road together until they reached the village, but then their paths diverged.

The tone of the final report isn’t likely to diverge much from the earlier report.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/diverge