"IF I WROTE THE DICTIONARY"

July 28, 2013

Merl Reagle

Match each word or phrase with its "definition" listed below. 

 

1. Clothing

2. A female goat 

3. A lipstick store

4. Pertaining to praise  

5. Animal that's half horse, half cow 

6. Consisting of a single stanza in music

7. Having a predilection for French bread

8. Study of temper tantrums through the ages

9. Having the smell of abandoned sweatshops

10. To revoke the license of a business operator 

11. Removal of a non-elected figure from office                                       

12. Before the "chicken or egg" concept originated

13. The tendency of a dog or cat to get annoyed easily 

14. A spinning device used in underground laboratories

15. Contradictory; out of touch with reality (said of legislators)

"DEFINITIONS"

A. HISTRIONICS

B. PREHENSILE

C. BUTTRESS

D. INCONGRUOUS

E. PROCRUSTEAN

F. SUBTERFUGE

G. EQUINOX

H. PETULANCE

I. OLFACTORY

J. GARBAGE

K. TRIBUTARY 

L. UNIVERSAL

M. DISENFRANCHISE

N. GLOSSARY

O. DISAPPOINTMENT

Answers:

1. J

2. C

3. N

4. K

5. G

6. L

7. E

8. A

9. I

10. M

11. O

12. B

13. H

14. F

15. D