WHICH WORD?

NO. 1794

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APICAL (a) Relating to bees (b) Showing indifference (c) At the apex

BURNISH (a) To break open (b) To polish (c) To imitate playfully CONTUMACIOUS (a) Obstinate (b) Penitent (c) Twisting violently DRACONIAN (a) Extremely harsh or severe (b) Gloomy (c) Amusing ETYPIC (a) Relating to true origin (b) In accord with approved behaviour (c) Unable to conform to type

FREMITUS (a) A palpable vibration (b) Yaws (c) The strawberry genus GRALLOCH (a) Silkworm eggs (b) A cherished ambition (c) A deer’s entrails HEMERALOPIA (a) Day blindness (b) The formation of blood (c) Gout in all the joints IMPERTURBABLE (a) Insatiable (b) Not easily excited (c) Hard of hearing

KALPAK (a) An orange dyestuff (b) A large brimless Turkish hat made of sheepskin

(c) A large fruit-bat

11 LOUCHE (a) Disreputable (b) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Reluctant (c) Noisy MONTICOLOUS (a) Having small projections (b) Mountain-dwelling (c) Commemorating by monument NAOS (a) A country in Asia (b) The inner cell of a temple (c) A birthmark

OLPE (a) A Greek jug (b) A Turkish weight (c) An animal of Central Africa

PHILOMATHY (a) Stamp collecting (b) The science of language (c) Love of learning QUIDDITY (a) Any trifling nicety, as in argument (b) Ready money (c) A confection of quince juice and sugar RUBIGINOUS (a) Disturbing (b) Discourteously unmannerly (c) Rust-coloured SNICKERSNEE (a) A large knife for fighting (b) A giggle (c) A childish game of turning up cards TRIREME (a) A war-galley with three sets of rowers (b) Belief in three Gods (c) A three-wheeled pedalled passenger vehicle UGLI (a) A division of the Finnish language (b) A cross between a grapefruit and a tangerine (c) A Central American rubber tree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8