“The gum adhered to my shoe, so I had to scrape at it forcefully.” The word *adhered*, as used in this sentence, most nearly means: stuck completely to a surface *or* followed the practices of

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stuck completely to a surface

Explanation:

Gum is inanimate, thus it cannot follow the practices of anything. In this sentence, the phrase scrape at it forcefully hints that the gum was stuck completely to the shoe.

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