2024 Results

Round 2 - Vocabulary Round

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No. Speller's Name Speller's Sponsor Question Answer Given
What is a glissando?
a quick series of consecutive notes played on an instrument
How would one best describe a transmontane area?
lying on the farther side of a mountain range
1 Snigdha Pati Alabama Kiwanis Foundation What is analgesia?
insensitivity to pain
3 Elden Wier Fairbanks North Star Borough School District A dolma is a type of:
prehistoric monument
Correct answer: stuffed vegetable dish
4 Esha Marupudi Arizona Educational Foundation Detritus is:
fragmentary material
5 Salman Rashid Arizona Educational Foundation A debutante refers to someone who is:
making a formal entrance into society
6 Sumukh Tirumalasetty Arizona Educational Foundation An onus is:
an umbilical cord
Correct answer: something difficult to bear
7 Christopher Werito Navajo Times Publishing Company Something described as recumbent is:
in a horizontal position or lying down
8 Sara Chen Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas A remark described as opprobrious is:
expressing distaste
9 Aarav Balani The Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training Tutelage is:
individual instruction
11 Enzo Paylaga KERO Channel 23 What is a lingua franca?
something that acts as a common language
12 Aren Lee San Ramon Valley Rotary Club Ventriloquy is the act of speaking:
without moving the lips
13 Aiden Meng San Ramon Valley Rotary Club If a tree is deciduous, it:
sheds its leaves
14 Rithvi Balajee San Ramon Valley Rotary Club What is an inducement?
a motive that leads to action
15 Madison Gray Imperial County Office of Education Hubris is:
excessive pride or arrogance
16 Ike Sperling Humboldt County Office of Education A schooner is a type of:
boat
17 Caroline Van Garsse The Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Acerbity is:
a manner that is harsh, biting, or irritated
18 Sydney Tran The Orange County Register/O.C. Department of Education In what class would you most likely learn about ataxia?
physiology
19 Kamya Balaji Los Angeles County Office of Education What is a moratorium?
a delay officially set by some authority
20 Oliver Halkett Los Angeles County Office of Education What is tommyrot?
nonsense
21 Lawrence Ye Merced County Office of Education What is a diaspora?
a mold microbe
Correct answer: a dispersion of people
22 Victoria Li Riverside County Office of Education If something is described as laconic, it is:
spoken, written, or expressed briefly
23 Shruthi Srinivasan Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy Where would one expect to find a solon?
in a legislative body
24 Ryan Sekera Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy What is a symposium?
a conference at which people give speeches
25 Seren Kim Monterey County Office of Education Which of the following is another word for tenement?
disposition
Correct answer: apartment
26 Hannah Kuo San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Excision refers to:
removal by surgery
27 Angeline Wang San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools What is triage?
a cluster of shapes with three sides and three angles
Correct answer: administration of treatment based on urgency of need
28 Duaa Ouznali ABC 10News Someone described as implacable:
cannot be calmed
30 Sarvadnya Kadam Tulare County Office of Education If something is described as parochial, it is:
within the jurisdiction of a church parish
31 David Wang Cape Breton University Another word for viscidity is:
stickiness
32 Arshan Shahriar ECU - A Division of WFCU Credit Union What is another word for temblor?
earthquake
34 Blanche Li Boulder Valley School District If something is saltatory, it:
relates to dancing
35 Ved Raju The Denver Post What is another word for antithesis?
opposite
36 Nathan Settevendemie Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society What is another word for stalwart?
ugly
Correct answer: brave
37 Siara Husain First State Educate If something is palpebral, it relates to:
eyelids
38 Abigail Adegbite The Washington Informer Which of the following would be an example of larceny?
stealing a painting
39 Zwe Spacetime The Washington Informer A locavore is:
a person who eats foods grown nearby
40 Ibrahim Beck European PTSA What is a harbinger?
something that foreshadows future events
43 Sree Vidya Siliveri WJXT A theomachy is a battle:
among the gods
45 Nikhil Sha Miami Herald Someone described as effusive is:
showing uncontrolled enthusiasm or emotion
46 Sophia Schoenrock Collier County Public Schools Preprandial refers to the period before:
eating dinner
47 Aiden Westover Foundation For Orange County Public Schools Something that is pinnate resembles:
a feather
48 Louis Avetis Foundation For Orange County Public Schools A terrarium is used to:
grow plants
49 Diego Gallegos Foundation For Orange County Public Schools Zydeco is:
a spicy lamb stew
Correct answer: a type of music from Louisiana
50 Moksh Maru SNSB Region Two Bee What is a pilcrow?
a paragraph mark
51 Vlada Kozhevnikova Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund What are reparations?
compensation for damages sustained
52 Cecily Dean Envision Credit Union Something described as phosphorescent:
emits light
53 Sarv Dharavane Georgia Association of Educators Another word for confabulation is:
conversation
54 Sara Daoud Georgia Association of Educators What is a diacritic?
a mark placed around a letter to modify its phonetic value
55 Giovanni Adjei The National Spelling Bee Ghana A sycophant is most likely to:
flatter you
56 Cyleane Quansah The National Spelling Bee Ghana What does it mean to galvanize?
to crush
Correct answer: to stimulate
57 Alleena Villaluz Rotary Club of Guam What does it mean to depose someone?
remove from a high position
58 Kira Lau Hawaii State Spelling Bee A wallaby is a type of:
kangaroo
59 Sonu Murali Mohan SNSB Region One Bee What does it mean to chide?
scold mildly
61 Gabriel Aguirre Idaho Character Foundation Something described as dowdy is:
old-fashioned
62 Navtaj Singh Lewiston Tribune Something described as osculatory relates to:
kissing
63 Beatriz Whitford-Rodríguez Chicago Public Schools What is a topiary?
a shrub cut into a decorative shape
64 Shruthi Ayyagari DuPage Regional Office of Education Something described as vernal relates to the:
autumn
Correct answer: spring
65 Katie Park South Cook Intermediate Service Center What does peculate mean?
to steal for one’s own use
70 Yahya Mohammed Kane County Regional Office of Education What is another word for codswallop?
nonsense
72 Tyler Kochanski McHenry County Regional Office of Education A person indulging in histrionics is:
acting dramatically to produce a response from others
73 Arnav Sharma Grundy/Kendall County Regional Office of Education What is an armistice?
an agreement to end hostilities or war
74 Parker Zimmerly Regional Office of Education #47 If something is described as ineffable, it is:
not able to be expressed in words
75 Visharad Sathish Lake County Regional Office of Education Something described as tensile:
relates to the act of stretching
76 Raian Timur SNSB Region Three Bee What is primogeniture?
being the firstborn of the children of the same parents
77 Owen Shirey IU School of Education Indianapolis A bromide is:
a microscopic marine organism
Correct answer: an overused saying or idea
78 Sharanya Kar LARA Educational Opportunities, Inc. Something described as subliminal:
is designed to affect the mind on an unconscious level
80 Leo Furlong Ball State University - WIPB-TV Someone described as feckless:
is lazy and impractical
83 Samuel Riley Kansas Press Association A shar-pei is a type of:
Chinese dog
84 Josephine Frimpong University of Kentucky - College of Education One who exhibits temerity is:
nervous
Correct answer: reckless
86 George Weghorst WCPO 9 Someone described as rebarbative:
tends to repel or irritate
88 Naqeeb Hossain LSU - University Laboratory School Someone described as dyspeptic is:
ill-tempered
89 Caroline Andrus Kiwanis Club of Lafayette & Arcadiana What does it mean to tabulate?
set up data in rows and columns
90 James Granger SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Lake Charles Travails are:
hard work
91 Leya Ismail New Orleans Chapter of The Links A poblano is:
a kind of pepper
92 Chidu Anumele Louisiana State University Shreveport What is divestiture?
a required transfer of assets
93 Esme Filippo Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram Another word for lassitude is:
fatigue
95 Bindi Ray Maryland Sports A penitentiary is:
a state or federal prison
96 Lauren Merillana The Meakem Group What would you most likely do with stevia?
use it in place of sugar
99 Aruuke Rayeva Charles County Public Schools What does a mortician do?
manage funeral and burial preparations
100 Megan Barrientos University of Maryland Eastern Shore What is a golem?
a humanlike figure endowed with life
101 Sapna Malhotra Boston Centers for Youth & Families What is an arpeggio?
a production of the tones of a chord one after another
102 Adarsh Venkannagari The Daily Item Something described as circadian:
occurs in 24-hour cycles
104 Ainsley Gastmeier Macomb Intermediate School District What is a nautilus?
a mollusk with a spiral shell
105 Divya Choudhary WXYZ Channel 7 What is a trellis?
a frame made of crossing pieces of wood
110 Ishika Dirisala The Herald-Palladium Something described as sardonic is:
marked by mockery
111 Minna Danziger Traverse City Record-Eagle Weather described as inclement is:
rough or stormy
112 Sanvi Mandvekar Oakland Schools Education Foundation What is a genome?
a set of chromosomes and the genes they contain
113 Carter Peterson The Minnesota Service Cooperatives What is a spinosity?
a prickly or difficult thing
114 Gemma Kim The Minnesota Service Cooperatives A pontiff is:
a chief religious figure
115 Jaden Go The Minnesota Service Cooperatives Another word for statuesque is:
majestic
117 Charles Mueller-Thompson The Minnesota Service Cooperatives Where would you find a vestibule?
between the outer door and the interior of a building
118 Wade Salvey The Minnesota Service Cooperatives What would you most likely do with a clavichord?
play music with it
119 Emmaline Bushman The Minnesota Service Cooperatives What does a soothsayer do?
predict the future
121 Josslyn Hansen The Minnesota Service Cooperatives An annulment is:
a pronouncement declaring the invalidity of a marriage
123 Yuva Peddireddy C Spire Foundation What does it mean to sashay?
to walk around in such a way as to attract attention
124 Ananya Aggarwal Columbia Missourian If something evokes pathos, it evokes:
pity or compassion
125 Beckett Griffin Mid-Continent Public Library If you jettison something, you:
dye it a deep, rich black
Correct answer: drop it from an airplane in flight
127 Scott Tingle Three Rivers College What is rosin used for?
making varnishes
128 Kunal Patel A.C.E.S. What does it mean to liaise?
to establish communication to develop mutual understanding
129 Natalie Linthicum Mosaic Life Care Foundation Something described as oblique is:
slanting in direction or position
130 Khusi Dahal Saint Louis University What does it mean to consecrate?
make or declare sacred
131 Ruby Wang Montana Television Network An amalgam is:
a mixture of elements
132 Rian Camty Omaha Sports Commission What is remuneration?
compensation for a loss or expense
134 Audrey Ware The Public Education Foundation Rudiments are:
fundamental skills taught or learned
136 Harini Murali SNSB Region Three Bee Another word for simpatico is:
likable
137 Eli Neibart Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs A cassock is:
a full-length close-fitting robe
138 Ishaan Gupta Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs A person described as corpulent has:
a bulky body
139 Daniel Rotem Care NJ In music, fortissimo means:
very loud
140 Keith Lee The Albuquerque Journal A scythe is:
a tool used to cut grass or certain crops
143 Cora Massaro Orange-Ulster BOCES Obloquy is:
condemnatory language
144 Brian Liu SNSB Region Four Bee Pulchritude is:
physical beauty
145 Reed Laursen Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES What is a portico?
a covered walkway typically at the entrance of a building
146 Izzy Canada NYC Department of Education A person described as mendacious is:
prone to lying
147 Jay Nayak NYC Department of Education What is a zygote?
a fertilized egg
148 Margot Fieni The Daily Star Tosh is:
foolish talk or actions
149 Leah Rini Champlain Valley Educational Services What is another word for erstwhile?
former
150 Olivia Lipiec SNSB Region Four Bee What is prosody?
the systematic study of metrical structure in verse
151 Simran Sanders The Post-Standard | syracuse.com If something is done fatuously, it is done:
in a silly, foolish, or absurd manner
152 Micah Sterling Watertown Daily Times What is titration?
a determination of the reactive capacity of a solution
153 Amazing-Grace Salami Spellingbee In Nigeria When people expatiate, they:
speak on a topic in great detail
154 Sach Akella Carolina Panthers Agave is a type of:
plant
155 Holden Good Carolina Panthers What is repartee?
a back-and-forth of clever replies
156 Aishwarya Kallakuri Carolina Panthers Someone described as antiquarian:
buys and sells old books
157 Kushi Gottimukkala Carolina Panthers Something described as pecuniary:
consists of money
159 Zachary Thurnher Cumberland County Schools Espousal is:
an act of supporting a belief or cause
161 Swayzee Brown Johnston County Public Schools What is coriander?
a pungent herb used in cooking
162 Chilaka Ugobi ND Association of County Superintendents What does it mean to besmirch something?
to stain or tarnish it
163 Zach Yeager Akron Beacon Journal What is another word for mollify?
soothe
164 Joseph Keffer Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism A menagerie is:
a collection of wild animals
166 Rujva Patel WCPO 9 What are regalia?
insignia that indicate an office or membership in a group
167 Avinav Prem Anand Columbus Blue Jackets What is a sylph?
an imaginary being said to inhabit the air
168 Sebastian Gil ESC of the Western Reserve Something described as astringent:
tightens cells or draws together soft tissues
170 Hiro Bernhardsson Educational Service Center of Lorain County Another term for the patella is:
kneecap
172 Maureen Bone East Liverpool Review, Salem News & The Morning Journal Another word for inerrancy is:
infallibility
176 Kendall Mehl The Blade Profligacy refers to:
reckless extravagance and wastefulness
177 Daniela Lucia Pappalardo WFMJ Television A rapscallion is:
a rascal or scoundrel
178 Annika Huang Oklahoma City Community College Someone described as venerable is:
deserving of respect
179 William Fuller 2 News Oklahoma Something described as staid is:
serious or grave
180 Vittal Krishnamurthy SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Portland A zeppelin is a type of:
airship
181 Disha Jain Chester County Intermediate Unit What is an entente?
an international agreement that is less binding than an alliance
182 Akshaj Somisetty Pennon Education To acquiesce is to:
accept without protest
183 Maia Mathai Pennsylvania State Education Association and Council for the Advancement of Public Schools Another word for plangency is:
expressiveness
184 Joey Anandh Delaware County Intermediate Unit Burgoo is a type of:
stew
185 Isaac Geremew WHYY What is a requisition?
a demand made in writing for something that is not automatically provided
186 Jayden Jiang WHYY Something described as beatific is:
marked by complete bliss
187 Jane Ross Pittsburgh Post-Gazette What does it mean to grouse?
to complain
188 Rowena Cresswell-Blickley Schuylkill Technology Center Someone described as unctuous is:
smug and falsely earnest
189 Anjali Agarwal Diamond City Sports Froufrou is:
excessive decoration in clothing
191 Elliana Pagliarini The Valley Breeze What does it mean to metastasize?
to spread from an original site of disease to another part of the body
192 John Donato The Post and Courier What is a harangue?
a rant
193 Connor Norton Pee Dee Education Center Something described as exogenous:
originates from or is due to external causes
194 Ahaan Jain Carolina Panthers What does an impresario do?
manages or conducts an opera or concert
195 Miles Little USC Upstate Which of the following is another word for inimical?
hostile
196 Kolin Schuler Carolina Panthers If something is described as impromptu, it is done:
without previous preparation
197 Amanuel Gemechis South Dakota News Watch What does it mean to dissemble?
hide facts or feelings
199 Swetank Bangaru Tennessee Titans If something is described as recriminatory, it:
has the character of a counter accusation
200 Vidula Kalathur Tennessee Titans A chinook is a type of:
warm dry wind
202 Arnie Parat Education Credit Union Something described as retrograde is:
moving backwards
204 Tarini Nandakumar Rain Droplets Foundation The provenance of something is its:
place of origin
205 Isaac Cancio KRIS Communications What is a halibut?
a type of flatfish
206 Avishka Dudala Dallas Sports Commission A periwinkle is a type of:
ornamental plant
207 Faizan Zaki Dallas Sports Commission A splenetic person can be described as:
bad-tempered
208 Shreyansh Zadoo Dallas Sports Commission Someone who is ensconced is:
firmly or comfortably settled
209 Anaya Tonde EPISD Education Foundation A chimera is created from:
parts of various real or imaginary animals
210 Brihasa Veduru Fort Worth Public Library/Fort Worth Sports Commission Something described as spurious is:
outwardly comparable to something without having its genuine qualities
211 Noah White Houston Community College A parabola is a type of:
curve
212 Luke Nguyen Houston Community College Which of the following is an example of a tributary?
a river feeding into a larger river
213 Zachary Teoh Houston Community College Where would you find phalanges?
in the hand or foot
214 Alejandro Martinez Laredo Morning Times What is a patronymic?
a name derived from one's father or his ancestor
215 Michael Tesfaye Ramar Communications Suet is a type of:
ancient grain
Correct answer: hard fat
216 Caleb Giuoco Rio Grande Valley Newspapers - AIM Media Texas Something described as crepuscular:
is active in the evening
217 Shreeya Sivakumar Midland Reporter-Telegram Something described as quintessential is:
the purest of its kind
218 Krish Patel Ector County Independent School District To purvey is to:
examine something closely in order to understand the details
Correct answer: make available something that's wanted or needed
220 Siyona Kandala BASIS Ed Texas and BASIS Texas Charter Schools, Inc. Polysemy refers to:
the state of having extra chromosomes
Correct answer: the quality of having multiple meanings
221 Chev Bondoc Victoria College Something described as farcical:
is so silly as to provoke laughter
226 Roshan Kaushik The City Journals What is tiffin?
a midday meal
227 Phoenix Newell Vermont Principals Association Another word for evanescent is:
short-lived
229 Draven Williams Central Rappahannock Regional Library Someone described as repentant is experiencing:
regret for past actions
230 Nicholas Kokhan Rockingham District Ruritans What is a hydrangea?
a shrub or woody vine with large flower clusters
231 Viky Tanamala Loudoun County Public Schools What does it mean to stipulate?
state as a term in an agreement
232 Vincent Chu InsideNoVa/Prince William What is another word for umbrage?
displeasure
233 Nikita Ramakrishnan Fairfax County Council PTA Something described as deleterious is:
damaging
234 Nargiza Muzhapaer Fairfax County Council PTA Vagabonds are:
people who wander about from place to place
235 Suhani Joshi WHRO Public Media Ritziness is the quality of being:
luxurious or elegant
236 Rory Grant Radford University Something described as portentous is:
foreshadowing a coming event
237 Harper Cox Richmond Raceway A pagoda is most like:
a tower
238 Declan Mallady Town Hall Seattle Someone described as perspicacious is:
keen, shrewd, or clever
240 Nirav Nimbarte The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram An osprey is a type of:
hawk
242 Jacob Martonito Wisconsin State Journal A person described as avuncular is:
acting kindly like an uncle
243 Eli Jernigan Sweetwater County BOCES If you study sabermetrics, you know a lot about:
baseball