Ah. Actually the game is using number 1, while I was using number 2, with deed the noun held in reserve. . .

This time. Deed may be matched up very differently if you see it again. There is also the deed to property definition to remember.

Interesting definition of mutineer today. Has anyone run across this definition for mutineer (other than in mind melt)?

"mutineer is open rebellion and refusal to obey authorities (especially by seamen or soldiers)"

I always thought that mutiny was the rebellion and a mutineer was the sailor carrying it out.

I got this one right, but. . .

Anyway -- watch out for this one when playing.

This time. Deed may be matched up very differently if you see it again. There is also the deed to property definition to remember.

Yes, and that was one of the reasons why I was confused. So many definitions, so little time. . .

Wrong game!

These two were both in the same Mind Melt today. I zagged when I should have zigged. Interestingly the identical definition was used for both answers.

gyrus is related to bodily structure
You said: body structure
gyrus means "a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain"
bodily structure means "a particular complex anatomical structure"
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kinetochore is related to body structure

You said: bodily structure
kinetochore means "a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape"
body structure means "a particular complex anatomical structure"

I must protest! I'm a senior citizen, but I do not believe I should be labelled a dodo. That implies something that is extinct, or at best, has outlived its purpose.

The opposite of certification is disenfranchisement

You said: decertify

certification means "the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on"
disenfranchisement means "the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise"


The opposite of license is decertify

You said: disenfranchisement

license means "authorize officially"
decertify means "cause to be no longer approved or accepted"

This makes sense if you take into account the word category. Both certification and disenfranchisement are nouns (and can't be used as antyhing else), while license and decertify are verbs (although license could also be a noun). So the verbs go together and the nouns go together.

I have constantly been brought back to Word category, which appears to be more important than any apparent relationship between the words. This appeared today:

The opposite of meagerly is ample

meagerly means "deficient in amount or quality or extent"
ample means "more than enough in size or scope or capacity"

Dictionaries (two) suggest that ample is an adjective;
meagerly appears to be an adverb. Thus, amply and meagerly (or meagrely with UK spelling) might be true opposites, or ample - meager/meagre.

I find the whole thing confusing. Is there a secret rule which says you don't have to match word categories on a Tuesday? 8^)

tomboy is related to young lady

You said: young woman

tomboy means "a girl who behaves in a boyish manner"
young lady means "a young woman"

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wench is related to young woman

You said: young lady

wench means "informal terms for a (young) woman"
young woman means "a young woman"

Well, women are complicated.

Don't you just love these? Neither do I.

lacrimal apparatus is related to body structure

lacrimal apparatus means "the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye"
body structure means "a particular complex anatomical structure"

rete is related to anatomical structure

rete means "a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels"
anatomical structure means "a particular complex anatomical structure"

Yes, I love these too.




canonist is related to specialist



You said: expert

canonist means "a specialist in canon law"
specialist means "an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning"



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healer is related to expert



You said: specialist

healer means "a person skilled in a particular type of therapy"
expert means "a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully"

blood sport is related to athletic


blood sport means "sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting)"
athletics means "an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition"


Gosh! Next time the big-game hunter goes out with his high-powered rifle, he can honestly say, "I'm taking part in athletics!"

windrush, I agree with you. That is absolutely a YEEECCHH!! definition.

In question set 24 today I had the following two definitions:-

vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish
complacently or inanely foolish

with two answers

asinine
inanely

It felt like pot luck trying to match them correctly under the pressure of the clock.

As "inanely" is mentioned in the second definition, I would dare to use this as an answer for the first definition.

This is the second time this has popped up in the 3rd section of Mind Melt....and I still fail to see the connection..... because there is no connection! I cant understand why this question is still in there.


juke joint is related to spliff

juke joint means "a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox"
spliff means "marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking"

Sorry this was in Question set 9.

I suspect many a spliff has been smoked out back of the juke joint.

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I agree......but that's not really the point.

I play that game every day and some words just don't always have the correct definition and I still don't know how I got 29/30 when I filled in all answersUnless my first sentence answers my second?

You get 29/30 when you accidentally use the same answer twice. I have done that a couple of times.

Part 3 often uses links that are not apparent between the two words directly, but are there because of some shared word in the background. They can be from alternative definitions of the same word, or from a list of synonyms (and I can't be the only person who has noticed that some synonyms in those dictionary lists are a lot closer to the original word than others!), and so on.

Since I grew up knowing that a joint is a reference to marijuana, and have since learned that spliff is another one, I see that as quite clear for a link. It's not in the definition of each term, but it's there.