Fill in the blank with the correct word from the options given below:-

From the group leader's tone, I could _____ that he was unhappy with the management's decision.

infer

The correct answer is Option (4) → infer

• Infer (Verb): To deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements. In the context of the sentence, the person used the leader's tone (evidence) to reach the conclusion that he was unhappy.

• Defer (Verb): To put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone, or to submit humbly to the judgment or will of another. (Incorrect)

• Refer (Verb): To mention or allude to; to pass a matter to for decision. (Incorrect)

• Manifest (Verb): To display or show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; to be evidence of. (Incorrect - The leader might manifest his unhappiness, but the speaker would infer it.)