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Reverse Dictionary #14

Read the definition and guess the word it defines.

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Most definitions from Wiktionary. Some may be edited.
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Last updated: July 8, 2024
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First submittedSeptember 28, 2023
Times taken59
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Definition
First Letter
Word
(criminal law) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
A
Assault
A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion.
O
Orchestra
Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
I
Integrity
A document or documents serving as evidence of who one is.
I
Identification
The process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination.
I
Investigation
To clean with water.
W
Wash
A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
A
Adult
(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
B
Bishop
A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
M
Meeting
To seize and take legal custody of (something, especially a vehicle, goods, or documents) because of an infringement of a law or regulation.
I
Impound
A device used to ignite things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to ignite cigarettes.
L
Lighter
A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
S
Stereotype
A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
E
Experience
Definition
First Letter
Word
To regard with contempt or scorn.
D
Despise
A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
C
Chain
(law) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
W
Warrant
Causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable.
U
Unpleasant
A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
S
Sock
A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
S
Stain
A statement attributed to a person.
Q
Quote
Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music.
D
Distortion
The center of an organization's operations or administration.
H
Headquarters
A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
P
Plan
Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
V
Valid
Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.
S
Sweat
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4 Comments
Eutychus
+1
Level 91
Oct 3, 2023
This was a tough one. Several that had good alternatives that just weren't quite as good as the right answer (e.g., procedure for plan). I'd get stuck on the wrong, almost correct answer.
arjaygee
+1
Level 69
Oct 3, 2023
I don’t purposely design these quizzes to be misleading or confusing, of course.

Creating them constantly makes me think, though, about how we learn words. In most cases (especially as a child) it is not by learning their definitions. It is by repeatedly hearing/seeing them used in context and intuiting what they mean and when it is appropriate to use them. I am constantly struck by how complex a definition for a basic word can sometimes be.

Re: procedure vs. plan, I would expect one element of the definition for “procedure” to be its repeatability. I think of plans as being executed once, but procedures as being designed to be executed over and over.

HyddenRizz
+2
Level 67
Jul 8, 2024
Enjoyed the quiz as always. The main ones for me were D for DISPISE (got there eventually but was thinking DISDAIN or DISRESPECT) and U for UNPLEASANT (was stuck on UNKIND or UPPITY).

I think the negative words can have a lot of overlap with Dis- and Un- at the beginning.

arjaygee
+2
Level 69
Jul 8, 2024
You make a very good point about there being a lot of similarly defined words beginning with “un“ and “dis.” That is something I should pay more attention to in future.

As far as “despise” goes, I agree that “disdain” is similar enough in meaning to be added as a type-in. Both words relate to a feeling or attitude one might have toward someone or something. “Disrespect,” on the other hand, implies the taking of some action, which seems to go beyond a mere feeling or attitude.

I have changed the quiz to use another definition of “unpleasant” entirely. I think the replacement is much clearer.

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