WHICH WORD?

NO. 1620

1 ASPERSE (a) To scatter (b) To slander (c) To declare 2 BEVERY (a) A flock of birds (b) A conical-shaped sacred stone (c) A snack bar 3 CARIOUS (a) Decayed, as teeth (b) Caution in one’s actions (c) Aromatic 4 DECIDUOUS (a) Free from ambiguity (b) Tending to deceive (c) Shedding leaves annually 5 EFFUSIVE (a) Shining forth brilliantly (b) Without reserve (c) Flowing out 6 FECUND (a) Fruitful (b) Abounding in dregs (c) Apt to cause fear 7 GREAVE (a) Leg armour (b) A waterbird (c) A tin-bearing rock 8 HAPTIC (a) Determined by chance (b) With pleasure (c) Of the sense of touch 9 INCHOATE (a) Just begun (b) Little by little (c) Adapted for cutting 10 JABOT (a) A ruffle worn at the neck (b) The policeman bird (c) A small Brazilian tree 11 LUPINE (a) Crescent-shaped (b) Allied to the wolf (c) Covered with lumps 12 MANIFOLD (a) Readily perceived (b) Hand-shaped (c) Of many kinds 13 NEBULOUS (a) Hazy or cloudlike (b) Extremely wicked (c) Unnecessary 14 OMERTA (a) A ruminant’s third stomach (b) The Mafia’s code of silence (c) A prophetic sign 15 PILIFEROUS (a) Crested (b) Relating to pills (c) Having hair 16 QUERN (a) Brown bandicoot (b) A hand mill for grinding corn (c) A sudden misgiving 17 RAGLAN (a) A yellow-flowered herb (b) A highly seasoned stew (c) A loose overcoat 18 SQUAMATE (a) Covered with scales (b) Approximately square (c) Prudish 19 TENEBROUS (a) Capable of being held (b) Experimental (c) Gloomy 20 VILLATIC (a) Relating to a farm (b) Befitting a villain (c) Defaming