WHICH WORD?

NO. 1684

1 ALPACA (a) Italian troops for mountain warfare (b) A llama-like animal (c) A light sandal with rope sole 2 BARBETTE (a) A platform for heavy guns (b) A projecting watch-tower over a castle gate (c) A type of needlepoint with zigzag pattern 3 COMPUNCTION (a) Calculation (b) A strong irrational impulse (c) Remorse tinged with pity 4 DIVERGE (a) Vary from the standard (b) Different (c) To reveal 5 EXPUNGE (a) To purify (b) To overcome (c) To efface 6 FLAMBOYANT (a) Ostentatious or colourful (b) A little flame (c) In the manner of gypsy dancing 7 GARRULOUS (a) Enormous (b) Talkative (c) Loosely-built 8 HEURISTIC (a) Serving to find out (b) Priestly (c) A character in ancient Egyptian picture-writing 9 ISOMETRIC (a) Having equal magnetic force (b) Showing similarity in unrelated forms (c) Having equality of measure 10 JUGATE (a) Having the leaflets in pairs (b) Relating to a yoke especially in marriage (c) Pertaining to the neck 11 LONGINQUITY (a) Great length of life (b) Long-tailed (c) Remoteness 12 MENDICANT (a) Lying (b) Begging (c) Measurable 13 NIANT (a) Swimming horizontally (b) With natural simplicity (c) Coming into being 14 OTIC (a) Unoccupied (b) Pertaining to the ear (c) Like bone 15 PLATITUDE (a) An empty remark made as if important (b) Enthusiastic approval (c) Completeness 16 RESCIND (a) To submit calmly (b) To recover form elastically (c) To cut away or annul 17 SANCTIMONY (a) Affected holiness (b) The most holy part of a church (c) Saintliness 18 TANTRUMS (a) Buddhist writings of religious teachings and ritual instructions (b) Capricious fits of ill-temper without cause (c) Trumpet blasts 19 UMBO (a) A brown African bird akin to the stork (b) The knob on a toadstool cap (c) Darker part of a spot 20 VINDICATE (a) To defend with success (b) To pursue revenge (c) To make wine