WHICH WORD?

NO. 1853

1 APTERAL (a) Wingless (b) Fit for purpose (c) Close together

2 BREVIER (a) A lawyer’s brief (b) An old type size (c) A book containing the daily service in the Roman Catholic church

3 COADJUTANT (a) Cooperating (b) Growing together (c) Compulsory

4 DECUSSATE (a) Decriminalise (b) To cross in the form of an X (c) To make tenfold

5 EUPHORIA (a) A feeling of intense happiness (b) An agreeable sound (c) A fear of good news

6 FULCRUM (a) A brilliant green chromium mica (b) A die loaded in a corner (c) The fixed point on which a lever moves

7 GUANACO (a) A large lizard (b) A Brazilian tropical climbing plant (c) A wild llama

8 HYALINE (a) Glassy or transparent (b) Pertaining to rain (c) Open to the sky

9 INELUCTABLE (a) Unfair (b) Incapable of being narrated (c) Not to be escaped from

10 KILLICK (a) A small anchor (b) A ceremonial gift in India (c) The commandant of a fort or garrison

11 LECTION (a) A tutorial discourse (b) A lesson read in church (c) Free will

12 MOCHA (a) A soft leather shoe (b) A variety of coffee (c) A type of hickory nut

13 NAIRA (a) A type of muslin (b) A corporal in the Indian infantry (c) The principal monetary unit of Nigeria

14 OBNUBILATION (a) Clouding or darkening (b) Reproachful language (c) Forgetfulness

15 PETECHIA (a) A grey king mutton bird (b) A device for hurling stones (c) A discoloured spot on the skin

16 REDRESS (a) Reparation (b) Passage back (c) Reinstatement

17 SEDENT (a) Composed (b) Seated (c) Free from danger

18 TRAGOPAN (a) An Asian horned pheasant (b) A fabled animal part goat, part stag (c) A cave dweller

19 VELLUM (a) An old Spanish copper coin (b) A fine parchment (c) A soothing balm

20 WYVERN (a) In heraldry, a twolegged winged dragon (b) A carpet shark (c) A man who practices witchcraft or magic