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Question 1

Adamant

Answer 1

(adj.) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible;
(n.) an extremely hard substance

Question 2

Bulwark

Answer 2

(n.) a strong defense or protection, a solid wall-like structure for defense;
(v.) to provide such defense or protection

Question 3

Choleric

Answer 3

(adj.) easily made angry, bad-tempered

Question 4

Cloy

Answer 4

(v.) to spoil or destroy appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things;
to glut satiate, surfeit

Question 5

Deference

Answer 5

(n.) yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person;
great respect marked by submission, as to a superior

Question 6

Enigmatic

Answer 6

(adj.) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood

Question 7

Mawkish

Answer 7

(adj.) excessively and objectionably sentimental;
having a mildly sickening flavor

Question 8

Onus

Answer 8

(n.) something that is very heavy or burdensome, obligation, duty

Question 9

Presentiment

Answer 9

(n.) a vague sense of approaching misfortune

Question 10

Profligate

Answer 10

(adj.) given over to dissipation and self- indulgence;
(n.) a person given to wild spending

Question 11

Remit

Answer 11

(v.) to send or hand in (money);
to cancel, forgive;
to lessen, diminish;
postpone

Question 12

Requisite

Answer 12

(adj.) needed, necessary, regarded as essential

Question 13

Sartorial

Answer 13

(adj.) tailor or his work (clothes)

Question 14

Thwart

Answer 14

(v.) to oppose successfully;
to prevent