5 Feb

Question 1

jibe

Answer 1

make insulting or mocking remarks; jeer.

taunt

Question 2

jumla

Answer 2

empty promise

Question 3

inextricably

Answer 3

in a way that is impossible to disentangle or separate.

Question 4

rebut

Answer 4

claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false.

Question 5

abut

Answer 5

(of a building or an area of land) be next to or have a common boundary with.
touch or lean on.

Question 6

wean

Answer 6

accustom (someone) to managing without something which they have become dependent on.
be strongly influenced by (something), especially from an early age.

Question 7

concede

Answer 7

admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it.

Question 8

stymie

Answer 8

prevent or hinder the progress of.

Question 9

buttress

Answer 9

a structure of stone or brick built against a wall to strengthen or support it.

Question 10

oligarchic

Answer 10

a government or system in which power is held by a select few individuals or a small class of powerful people.

Question 11

hark

Answer 11

listen.

Question 12

restitution

Answer 12

the restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner.

Question 13

coverture

Answer 13

protective or concealing covering.

the legal status of a married woman, considered to be under her husband’s protection and authority.

Question 14

anachronistic

Answer 14

belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old-fashioned.

Question 15

emphatic

Answer 15

expressing something forcibly and clearly.

Question 16

expedite

Answer 16

make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.