The Fiji Times

WHICH WORD?

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1 AURIGA (a) The dawn (b) A Northern constellat­ion (c) The external ear 2 BUTTERY (a) A wall’s projecting support (b) A cliff-sided, flat-topped hill (c) A college storeroom for provisions 3 COACTION (a) Compulsion (b) Fusion (c) Constricti­on 4 DETINUE (a) A body of retainers (b) Wrongful detention of property (c) Relaxation of strained relations 5 EROTESIS (a) A rhetorical question (b) Redness of the skin (c) Abnormal irritabili­ty 6 FORNIX (a) A computer language (b) An arched formation (c) The monetary unit of Hungary 7 GROSGRAIN (a) An Austrian coin (b) A style of painting on walls (c) A heavy corded silk used for ribbons and hat bands 8 HYDRA (a) Mercurial poisoning (b) A mythical many-headed water monster (c) Tapeworm lavae 9 ISAGOGIC (a) Introducto­ry (b) Having the same colour (c) Of equal angles 10 LOGAN (a) A box in the theatre (b) A covered open arcade (c) A rocking-stone 11 MINARET (a) A mosque tower (b) A Greek weight (c) The Roman goddess of wisdom 12 NOMOLOGY (a) The science of law (b) Religious legalism (c) A system of names 13 OSTREOPHAG­E (a) An ancient Egyptian tile for writing on (b) An oyster-eater (c) A mouth-like opening 14 PINGUID (a) Fat (b) Shaped like a pine-cone (c) Harassed 15 RESTIFORM (a) Obstinate (b) Rebounding (c) Cord-like 16 SAXICAVOUS (a) Rock-boring (b) Rough with projecting points (c) Cave-dwelling 17 TULLE (a) An Indian sabre (b) A frozen Arctic plain (c) A delicate thin silk network fabric 18 UNCIFORM (a) Wavy (b) Hookshaped (c) Greasy 19 VOCIFEROUS (a) Noisy (b) Capable to being uttered (c) Capable of flying 20 YUGA (a) A physical and mental discipline (b) Cassava (c) One of the Hindu ages of the world

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