WHICH WORD?

NO. 1854

1 ARROYO (a) A rocky ravine (b) A jovial vulgar Cockney (c) A Spanish and Portuguese weight 2 BRATTLE (a) A wooden partition (b) A piece of armour for the arm (c) A clattering noise

3 CHOREA (a) A mosquito bite infection (b) St Vitus dance (c) Multiplication of parts by branching 4 DELINEATE (a) To melt and become liquid (b) To sketch or trace in outline (c) To fail in duty 5 EFFRONTERY (a) Production of flowers (b) Impudence (c) The head or impression on a coin 6 FRISETTE (a) A fringe of curls on the forehead (b) A shudder or thrill (c) A rough, heavy woollen cloth 7 GRIFFON (a) An imaginary winged being with a lion’s body and eagle’s beak (b) A coarse-haired terrier (c) A swindler

8 HIPPUS (a) A circus (b) The seahorse (c) Tremor of the iris 9 IMPALA (a) A body of Zulu warriors (b) An African antelope (c) An emblematic device

10 KERYGMA (a) Preaching of religious truths (b) An impressive personal quality (c) A condition of acute neural dysfunction 11 LIMNETIC (a) Transparent (b) Muddwelling (c) Living in fresh water 12 MELIORATIVE (a) To make or become better (b) Feeding on honey (c) Well matured 13 NEWEL (a) Snow on a glacier’s surface (b) A stair handrail post (c) A unit of force

14 OCCLUDE (a) To close, shut or stop up (b) To forestall (c) To overshadow

15 PANDEAN (a) Relating to an epidemic (b) Pertaining to bread (c) Of the god Pan

16 RAMIFY (a) To divide into branches (b) To slope from one level to another (c) To dress in mock-Egyptian style

17 SAMITE (a) A Chinese boat (b) A heavy silk fabric (c) A young salmon 18 TELLURIC (a) Expressing purpose (b) Of or from the earth (c) Relating to mystery

19 URTICARIA (a) Nettle rash (b) Rust in plants (c) A region of Azerbaijan 20 VALEDICTORY (a) Pertaining to ill health (b) Without real worth (c) Bidding farewell