A, E, I, O and U Unsighted (Part I) Quiz

Answer: Insect larva

The nymph stage is associated with insects such as silverfish and grasshoppers. This stage is when the young resemble the adult but they do not have fully developed wings and they are smaller.

Answer: Forecasting the future

The word scry is not a 'true' word as it was originally an abbreviation for the word descry. When a person scries (or descries) an object is commonly used, as in a crystal ball, to aid in predicting the future.

Answer: Yes

Xylyl is associated with a group of specific atoms and it is derived from the word xylene.

Answer: Pry

When a person pries, it often involves a form of snooping. Another meaning of pry is to open something with force.

Answer: Musical instrument

Crwth's alternative name is a 'crowd'. It is an ancient Celtic musical stringed instrument that can be either bowed or plucked.

Answer: Y

The smallest pygmies (plural form of the singular pygmy) are from Zaire. They are the Mbuti from the Ituri forest. The average height for a male is 4 ft 5 in or 137cm and for a woman it is 4ft 4 in or 135cm.

Answer: Scotland

Wynd originated in the 15th Century and it is from the word stem of wind.

Answer: Psst

Psst is grammatically an interjection as it is an exclamation of beckoning, especially if secrecy is desired.

Answer: Sky

One meaning of heaven is the space that surrounds Earth, that is, the sky. Overall, the word heaven is strongly associated with religion.

Answer: Runes

Wynn can be written as Wen. Apart from being one of the runes, it was used in Old and Middle English writing. In today's society, runes are mostly used as a tool or a way to foretell coming events or how a person's life can be changed, etc.

Answer: Lynch

Lynch is an abbreviation that in today's language has become the accepted word instead of the original term that was lynch law. The words lynch law arose to describe an act that William Lynch extensively did, as he took the law into his own hands and he and his followers would hang anyone that they deemed escaped punishment or were just suspected of crime. Lynch started hanging people in Pittsylvania Country, Virginia, in 1780.

It was inscribed on his tombstone in 1820 as a form of punishment so he would be forever disgraced and remembered.

Answer: Mountain

Flysch is commonly capitalized but can be written in lowercase. Flysch are deposits from the late Cretaceous and early Tertiary age that have occurred in the Alps. They embody sandstones, marls, shales and clays. Flysch is a Swiss German word.

Answer: C

The underground chamber that is known as a crypt can be described as a cellar or a vault. It is more appropriate to use crypt when it is in relation to churches or a burial place. Crypt is additionally an anatomical word that means a pit-like recess within the body.

Answer: True

Pfft is an interjection. It can also be written as ft or pft. The meaning of pfft is used to show or indicate a sudden disappearance or an ending to something.

Answer: Fluids

The word cyst describes any abnormal membranous sac that contains fluid or semisolid material. A cyst is also a thick walled protective membrane that encloses a cell, larva or any other type of organism.