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Question 1

My brother is able to use both hands equally well.

Answer 1

AMBIDEXTROUS

Question 2

The passengers went ashore at Harwich.

Answer 2

DISEMBARKED

Question 3

These computers are completely out-of-date now.

Answer 3

OBSOLETE

Question 4

A great deal of damage was caused by the earthquake.

Answer 4

EXTENSIVE

Question 5

One side of a postage stamp is covered with a sticky substance.

Answer 5

ADHESIVE

Question 6

The two countries signed an agreement to stop fighting.

Answer 6

ARMISTICE

Question 7

Your actions may have put your plans in danger.

Answer 7

JEOPARDIZED our plans

Question 8

The meeting was put off until later in the week.

Answer 8

ADJOURNED

Question 9

This month’s sales figures have GONE BEYOND our expectations.

Answer 9

EXCEEDED

Question 10

The soldier was accused of LACK OF COURAGE in the face of the enemy.

Answer 10

COWARDICE

Question 11

The river CURVES AND WINDS through the Wye Valley.

Answer 11

MEANDERS

Question 12

My father has just got a new pair of FALSE TEETH.

Answer 12

DENTURES

Question 13

The fortress was IMPOSSIBLE TO BE TAKEN by force.

Answer 13

IMPREGNABLE

Question 14

He was found guilty of MURDERING HIS MOTHER.

Answer 14

MATRICIDE

Question 15

The margin of error is SO SMALL THAT IT CAN BE IGNORED.

Answer 15

NEGLIGIBLE

Question 16

At least twenty villages were LAID WASTE by the floods.

Answer 16

DEVASTATED

Question 17

Some of the planes were no longer FIT TO FLY.

Answer 17

AIRWORTHY

Question 18

He is suffering from LOSS OF MEMORY.

Answer 18

AMNESIA

Question 19

We tried to FIND OUT the cause of the accident.

Answer 19

ASCERTAIN

Question 20

His appetite for power and wealth is IMPOSSIBLE TO SATISFY.

Answer 20

INSATIABLE