WHICH WORD?

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Just as accepting yourself makes it easier to accept others, accepting others makes it easier to accept yourself. The mutual appreciation is flowing today. You command respect by just being comfortable with who you are.

CANCER (June 22 to July 22)

To blend in, join the group and work in the spirit of cooperation has been a necessary pleasure and the foundation for your next shining moment. You’ll build from here. You’ll take a beloved concept and make it your own.

LEO (July 23 to August 22)

Though you will never completely know how another person sees you or regards the situation you’re in together, your curiosity and empathy will lead you to a better sense of it than most people are capable of.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)

You’ll wonder why you feel a certain way or how a person or circumstance might be contributing to your overall emotional climate. A feeling doesn’t have to be particularly dynamic to be worthy of your curiosity.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 23)

“By learning to obey, you will know how to command,” says the Italian proverb. It will be an easy lesson today because you are interested in the work at hand and genuinely admire the authority figure you’ll assist.

SCORPIO

(October 24 to November 21)

You’re not responsible for giving each person what they need. Be like the sun. The sun doesn’t decide where to shine; it just shines. And it’s up to the others to lean in or duck out according their own requirement.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21)

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APNOEA (a) Cessation of breathing (b) Earache (c) A place where bees are kept

BUGONG (a) A Persian nightingale (b) An Australian moth (c) A common cornfield weed CONTEMPER (a) To blend together (b) To call in question (c) To destroy by wasting

DETRITUS (a) An aggregate of rock fragments (b) Diminution of swelling (c) Relaxation of strained relations EVOKE (a) To avoid (b) To expel (c) To awaken in the mind FUTTOCK (a) An architectural moulding (b) A curved timber of a wooden ship (c) The prop on which a lever moves

GRIFFIN (a) A mythical creature with lion’s body and eagle’s beak and wings (b) A claw-like ornament (c) A frame to support a ship during repairs HUMHUM (a) Tedious talk (b) Bone of the upper arm (c) Plain, coarse cotton cloth

INVOCATION (a) An opening prayer (b) The action of involving (c) A violent utterance of censure

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JAMBEE (a) An 18th century light cane (b) A great Scouting rally (c) A type of Middle Eastern curved dagger LOQUAT (a) Talkative (b) A small parrot (c) A small yellow fruit MEERSCHAUM (a) A ground squirrel (b) A kind of tobacco pipe (c) One of the burgher poets and musicians of Germany NEMATOCYST (a) A stinging organ in jellyfish (b) A marine worm-like animal (c) A sorrow-lulling drink OMASUM (a) A Hebrew dry measure (b) A Muslim lord (c) A ruminant’s third stomach

PAVID (a) Haughty (b) Timid (c) Sadly inadequate

REPLICA (a) An artist’s stock of pieces (b) A duplicate (c) Ready wit SCATURIENT (a) Gushing (b) Sparse (c) Thin, dry and stiff TERPSICHOREAN (a) Relating to dancing (b) A deep-sea fish (c) Oilbearing

UDOMETER (a) An instrument for measuring distance travelled (b) A rain gauge (c) A sundial

VILAYET (a) An old Spanish musical instrument (b) An attested copy (c) A Turkish province

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APNOEA (a) Cessation of breathing BUGONG (b) An Australian moth CONTEMPER (a) To blend together DETRITUS (a) An aggregate of rock fragments EVOKE (c) To awaken in the mind FUTTOCK (b) A curved timber of a wooden ship GRIFFIN (a) A mythical creature