HAPPY - Answers1. A bee or wasp. Hymenoptera (from Greek hymen, membrane, and pteron, wing) is the name of an insect order including bees, wasps, and ants; they have membranous wings.2. Celestial navigation. An astrolabe (from astro, star, and lab, to take or seize) was used to find the altitude of the sun or stars, until it was superseded by the sextant. 3. A prescient person sees the future. His predictions about the economic downturn proved prescient (from Latin pre, before, and scire, to know). 4. To percolate (from the Latin term for filter) means to ooze through a porous substance. The water percolated down through the coffee grounds while the county agent ran a perk test on the soil. 5. Complaining convicts. To yammer (from Middle English geomrian, to complain loudly) is to complain loudly and persistently, as when disgruntled convicts beat their tin cups and dishes on the table in unison. |
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