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Question 1

adamant

Answer 1

impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision:
[ + that ] I’ve told her she should stay at home and rest but she’s adamant that she’s coming.

Question 2

adhesion

Answer 2

the ability to stick:

At this stage a resin is used with a high level of adhesion.

Question 3

funfare

Answer 3

a loud, short piece of music played on brass instruments, often to announce something important

Question 4

proffer

Answer 4

to offer something by holding it out, or to offer advice or an opinion:
He shook the warmly proffered hand.
I didn’t think it wise to proffer an opinion.

Question 5

hone

Answer 5

to direct something such as an ability to make it more effective:
He helps performers hone their skills as dancers and singers.

Question 6

maze

Answer 6

a complicated system of paths or passages that people try to find their way through for entertainment

Question 7

perjure

Answer 7

to tell a lie in a law court, after promising formally to tell the truth:
The judge warned the witness not to perjure herself.

Question 8

fess up

Answer 8

to admit that you have done something that someone else will not like:
Fess up - it was you who ate that last piece of cake, wasn’t it?

Question 9

hurl

Answer 9

to throw something with a lot of force, usually in an angry or violent way:
In a fit of temper he hurled the book across the room.
Youths hurled stones at the soldiers.

Question 10

implore

Answer 10

to ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere, emotional, and determined way:
She implored her parents not to send her away to school.

Question 11

livid

Answer 11

extremely angry:

He was livid when he found out.