WHICH WORD?

NO. 1728

1 AQUEOUS (a) Of four together (b) Watery (c) A bridge carrying a canal 2 BELVEDERE (a) A genus of needle-fish (b) A second-magnitude star in Orion (c) A summer-house on an eminence 3 COARCTATE (a) Compressed (b) Curdled (c) Having the same axis 4 DIORISM (a) Distinction (b) A stuffed animal in a naturalistic setting (c) The correction of a deformity 5 ETHNIC (a) Becoming pale (b) Of ceremony and decorum (c) Concerning nations or races 6 FINICAL (a) Changeable (b) Excessively precise in trifles (c) Subject to limitations 7 GERUND (a) A noun formed from a verb (b) A mixture of grape-juice and brandy (c) A branched chandelier 8 HELOT (a) An axe-handle (b) A serf (c) A Greek 9 INCONDITE (a) Abstracted (b) Irrelevant (c) Not well put together 10 LOCUTION (a) Mode of speaking (b) Site (c) A small recess for an urn 11 MELIC (a) Of an affray (b) Depressed (c) To be sung 12 NOME (a) A Roman’s second name (b) A Greek province (c) A point a little below the centre of a shield 13 ORC (a) A killer-whale (b) An eyeball (c) A worshipping figure seen in ancient art forms 14 PERIPATETIC (a) Experiencing a sudden change of fortune (b) Having an additional syllable (c) Walking about 15 REPLETE (a) Completely filled (b) Resting (c) Kept under 16 SCIMITAR (a) A spark (b) A short, curved sword (c) Metal clippings 17 TARANTELLA (a) A large venomous spider (b) A lively Neapolitan dance (c) A four-wheeled Russian vehicle mounted on poles 18 URAEUS (a) Snake symbol on Egyptian headdress (b) Pitchblende (c) A pitcher-shaped structure 19 VITRAIL (a) A kind of thin curtain (b) Stained glass (c) The yolk of an egg 20 YAWS (a) Sweet-potatoes (b) Small fishing boats (c) A tropical disease of the skin