Clue
Two meanings will be wanted this century. Guess which, and cover them with your circle.
Once a century: broaden a lot, or narrow a little. Grow too big and it takes centuries to shrink.
Speakers this century
Words wander. Nice once meant foolish; silly meant blessed; a girl could be a boy. You are one of these words, at the start of its journey, and what you mean today depends on where you go.
The map is meaning. Each dot is a meaning, and your circle holds the ones you carry. The little dots inside it are your speakers. Each century:
you, and your speakers how far you can drift ✕out of fashion: costs speakers ✦a new fad ? too far to make out ★what you become, once you know
At the end, see how your journey differed from the word's real one, and how close you came to the perfect route to your ending.