"Cultivate" is a verb that can mean either "prepare and use land for crops or gardening" or "try to acquire or develop a quality, sentiment, or skill." While "blight" might look like a potentially correct answer because like "cultivate," it can specifically refer to plants, "blight" actually means "infect plants or a planted area with blight (a plant disease)," so it is not a synonym of "cultivate" and cannot be the correct answer. "Plow," however, is a verb that means "turn up the earth of an area of land with a plow, especially before sowing," and because it is the answer choice closest in meaning to "cultivate," "plow" is the correct answer.

The word "enclose" means to close in on all sides. "Confine" is the best answer, since it shares the same definition as "enclose." Considering the other choices, "prison" is something that you can be enclosed in, "inside" means within something, and "bare" means without a covering. 

"Walked" is a verb that means use one's feet to transport oneself somewhere at a slow, constant pace. So, the answer choice closest in meaning to "walked" is "strolled", a verb that means leisurely walked. None of the other answers are close in meaning to "walked": "drove" means operated a motor vehicle in order to get from one location to another; "pedaled" means moved by propelling oneself on a bicycle using its pedals; and "created" means made.

If you "elude" something or someone, it means you evade or avoid it. For instance, you might elude your parents after you receive your report card if you know your grades are not stellar.

"Withstand" is a verb that means either resist successfully or not take any damage from. We need to pick out an answer choice that means something like resist. "Succumb," then, cannot be the correct answer, because "succumb" is a verb that means intend to resist but fail to do so, making it an antonym of "withstand," not a synonym. "Resist," however, is a verb that means endure, and because "resist" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "withstand," "resist" is the correct answer.

To "fortify" something is to reinforce it, which means to make it stronger. For a classic example, think about a building, like a castle. You could fortify the castle by building extra walls and defensive structures, which would strengthen it against attack. As for the other answer choices, "deteriorate" means fall apart, "corrupt" (when used as a verb) means make worse in quality or less moral, and "maintain" means keep something in the same condition.

There are two definitions of scour.  In this definition, it means to polish or clean.  The other meaning of scour is to search thoroughly.

To "writhe" means to twist, usually in pain, so "twist" is the correct answer. To help you, "abolish" means get rid of, "admonish" means criticize or punish for doing something wrong, "intercept" means interrupt something intended for someone else, and "delay" means pause when used as a noun, and to "delay" something is to put it off until a later time.

"Impede" is a verb that means "delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder," so we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "delay" or "hinder." "Permit," then, cannot be the correct answer, because "permit," when used as a verb, means "give authorization or consent to (someone) to do something," a meaning that is not similar to "delay" or "hinder." "Hamper," however, is a word that when used as a verb, means "hinder or impede the movement or progress of," and because "hamper" is the answer choice closest in meaning to "hinder," "hamper" is the correct answer.

Knead means to work or mold a substance with one's hands. Massage means to rub or work with one's hands as well, and thus is the closest in meaning. While kneaded dough is often baked, bake is not a synonym. The words are related, but not the same in meaning.