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Reverse Dictionary #4

Read the definition and guess the word it defines.

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Most definitions from Wiktionary; may be edited.
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Last updated: June 19, 2024
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First submittedSeptember 14, 2023
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Definition
First Letter
Word
A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
P
Patent
A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
S
Spot
Culpability for something negative or undesirable.
B
Blame
A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
F
Fist
Honest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
F
Frank
An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
C
Clue
The management of money and other assets.
F
Finance
One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal.
E
Equinox
A number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch.
C
Cluster
To make (something) larger.
E
Enlarge
A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
I
Introduction
The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
B
Brain
The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system.
E
Economy
Definition
First Letter
Word
The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
C
Chemistry
A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
S
Silk
Of, related to, feeling, showing, or characterized by sympathy.
S
Sympathetic
To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
G
Grind
Superior in quality; higher in price or value.
P
Premium
A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
A
Avenue
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
P
Practice
To add to an account.
C
Credit
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
B
Border
To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
W
Wear
The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
S
Smoke
The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
A
Agency
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4 Comments
Dimby
+2
Level 79
Sep 14, 2023
This was pretty enjoyable! I think picking very common words that have complex definitions is a great idea. I think it might be better to avoid words that use a root of itself in the definition, though. I didn’t think agency would be a valid answer since agent was in the question! Still, it’s a good format and I’m not sure whether I’ve seen this type of quiz on here before! Nice one!
arjaygee
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Level 69
Sep 14, 2023
Thank you for your kind words. If you enjoyed this, you may want to try the other quizzes in this series.

Honestly, I have gone back and forth with regard to using words whose definition includes some form of that word. I was always taught that a good definition shouldn’t do that. Unfortunately, I am stuck with the Wiktionary definitions, as I am trying to avoid copyright infringement. The Oxford Languages definitions are tons better.

HyddenRizz
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Level 67
Jun 19, 2024
Shouldn't it be Economics as "the study"? I also tried Invitation for Introduction and Collection for Cluster and I feel that both of these words fit the definitions.
arjaygee
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Level 69
Jun 19, 2024
Thanks for your feedback.

The definition given in the quiz is one definition of “economy,” but I agree the answer could just as well be “economics.” I have therefore changed the definition that displays as the hint so that “economics” is a less likely choice.

I disagree that an invitation is a means by which one person is presented to another. An invitation may be the means by which an introduction is arranged, but it does not itself present one person to another.

Some definitions of “cluster” seem to overlap with some definitions of “collection.” I have therefore updated the definition given in the quiz to one that is unlikely to be interpreted as a collection.

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