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Word Pyramids: World Countries III
In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!!
Starting letter: S
Clues:
1. Third person singular present indicative of be.
2. Used as an honorific before the given name or the full name of baronets and knights.
3. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
4. One of a group of sea nymphs who by their sweet singing lured mariners to destruction on the rocks surrounding their island.
5. To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable.
6. The act of removing (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping.
7. British variant of the word meaning to arrange or form into a coherent unit or functioning whole intransitive senses.
8. The island country with a total area of 267 square miles
Starting letter: S
Clues:
1. Third person singular present indicative of be.
2. Used as an honorific before the given name or the full name of baronets and knights.
3. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling.
4. One of a group of sea nymphs who by their sweet singing lured mariners to destruction on the rocks surrounding their island.
5. To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable.
6. The act of removing (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping.
7. British variant of the word meaning to arrange or form into a coherent unit or functioning whole intransitive senses.
8. The island country with a total area of 267 square miles
Hint
Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and IndonesiaAnswer
SIS
SIR
RISE
SIREN
RESIGN
ERASING
ORGANISE
SINGAPORE
Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international trading links.
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