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Word Pyramids: World Countries XIII
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: I
Clues:
1. The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. To seize and pinch or bite.
3. Suffering or distress.
4. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
5. Liquid mixtures, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle.
6. Tiny pieces of pasta, often cooked in soups or used as baby food.
7. A country of southern Asia.
Starting letter: I
Clues:
1. The 16th letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. To seize and pinch or bite.
3. Suffering or distress.
4. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
5. Liquid mixtures, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle.
6. Tiny pieces of pasta, often cooked in soups or used as baby food.
7. A country of southern Asia.
Hint
A Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley.Answer
IPI
NIP
PAIN
INAPT
PAINTS
PASTINA
PAKISTAN
Occupying land crisscrossed by ancient invasion paths, Pakistan was the home of the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization, which flourished until overrun by Aryans c. 1500 B.C. After being conquered by numerous rulers and powers, it passed to the British as part of India and became a separate Muslim state in 1947. The country originally included the Bengalese territory of East Pakistan, which achieved its separate independence in 1971 as Bangladesh. Pakistan became a republic in 1956.
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