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See if you can figure out the words described below. Each word has only 1 vowel, which is the letter Y.
1) A yellowish-brown to reddish-brown aromatic gum resin with a bitter, slightly pungent taste
2) Any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forest and waters
3) The nearly straight line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system
4) A chamber wholly or partly underground
5) An ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech
1) A yellowish-brown to reddish-brown aromatic gum resin with a bitter, slightly pungent taste
2) Any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forest and waters
3) The nearly straight line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system
4) A chamber wholly or partly underground
5) An ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech
Answer
1) Myrrh2) Nymph
3) Syzygy
4) Crypt
5) Rhythm
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