2025 Results
Round 5 - Vocabulary Round
73
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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 74th place (tied).
| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Question | Answer Given |
| 4 | Esha Marupudi | Arizona Educational Foundation | If something is scalding, it: |
causes the sensation of burning
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| 6 | Sumukh Tirumalasetty | Arizona Educational Foundation | A ledger is: |
a book in which business transactions are recorded
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| 9 | Aarav Balani | The Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training | Another word for decorum is: |
sparkle
Correct answer: correctness
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| 11 | Enzo Paylaga | KERO Channel 23 | Someone described as plucky is: |
yielding or submissive
Correct answer: spirited and brave
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| 12 | Aren Lee | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | Something described as grievous is: |
characterized by severe pain or suffering
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| 13 | Aiden Meng | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | Someone described as truant is: |
absent from school without permission
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| 20 | Oliver Halkett | Los Angeles County Office of Education | If something is done gingerly, it is done: |
with extreme care
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| 21 | Lawrence Ye | Merced County Office of Education | What is an example of a confluence? |
a meeting of two rivers to become one
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| 22 | Victoria Li | Riverside County Office of Education | What does it mean to gesticulate? |
to move the body or limbs when talking
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| 23 | Shruthi Srinivasan | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | What does dross refer to? |
something charming or witty
Correct answer: something base or gross
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| 24 | Ryan Sekera | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | Someone described as wanton is marked by: |
disregard for others
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| 26 | Hannah Kuo | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | What is a textile? |
a woven or knit cloth
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| 28 | Duaa Ouznali | ABC 10News | Something described as temporal: |
has simplicity and charm
Correct answer: relates to time as opposed to eternity
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| 29 | Charlie Huang | Sage | A novella is: |
a short work of fiction
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| 30 | Sarvadnya Kadam | Tulare County Office of Education | What is telekinesis? |
the movement of an object without physical contact
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| 34 | Blanche Li | Boulder Valley School District | Something described as malleable is: |
capable of being shaped
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| 35 | Ved Raju | The Denver Post | What is a sapling? |
a young tree
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| 36 | Nathan Settevendemie | Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society | If a person is being facetious, they are: |
joking in a silly or inappropriate way
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| 39 | Zwe Spacetime | The Washington Informer | If something is satirical, it is: |
characterized by ridicule used to convey criticism
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| 42 | Nicasio David | Lee County Spelling Bee | If someone is described as irascible, they are: |
marked by a hot temper and strong anger
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| 43 | Sree Vidya Siliveri | WJXT | What is a kerfuffle? |
a disturbance or fuss
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| 44 | Hadi Abbasi | Miami Herald | What is a savanna? |
a tropical or subtropical grassland
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| 45 | Nikhil Sha | Miami Herald | Something described as nefarious is: |
extremely wicked
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| 53 | Sarv Dharavane | Georgia Association of Educators | To revile means: |
to use contemptuous language
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| 54 | Sara Daoud | Georgia Association of Educators | Banter is: |
good-natured joking
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| 55 | Giovanni Adjei | The National Spelling Bee Ghana | If someone denounces something, they: |
speak it clearly and correctly
Correct answer: declare that it is blameworthy or evil
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| 56 | Cyleane Quansah | The National Spelling Bee Ghana | If something becomes tainted, it becomes: |
poisonous
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| 63 | Beatriz Whitford-Rodríguez | Chicago Public Schools | What is rancor? |
vehement hatred or ill will
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| 68 | Kavin Suriya Prakash | SNSB Region Three Bee | An omnipotent person is one who: |
has virtually unlimited power
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| 70 | Yahya Mohammed | Kane County Regional Office of Education | If something becomes tarnished, it: |
loses its desirable qualities
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| 80 | Leo Furlong | Ball State University - WIPB-TV | Something described as heterogeneous: |
shares resources for mutual benefit
Correct answer: consists of dissimilar ingredients or constituents
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| 85 | Zachary Rara | Louisville Free Public Library | What is another word for obligatory? |
required
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| 96 | Lauren Merillana | The Meakem Group | A tinkerer is a person who: |
repairs or adjusts things
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| 97 | Luke Noblezada | Howard County Library | If something is described as brazen, it is: |
done in the open with no concern for public opinion
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| 100 | Megan Barrientos | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | What is a paradox? |
a statement that is seemingly contradictory
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| 102 | Adarsh Venkannagari | The Daily Item | What is a conflagration? |
a large disastrous fire
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| 112 | Sanvi Mandvekar | Oakland Schools Education Foundation | A person described as a titan: |
stands out among others of a group for greatness or achievement
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| 114 | Gemma Kim | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | What is saturation? |
the quality or state of being filled to capacity
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| 119 | Emmaline Bushman | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | A quagmire is: |
a complex situation that is hard to get out of
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| 123 | Yuva Peddireddy | C Spire Foundation | If someone is described as fickle, they are: |
reluctant to converse
Correct answer: marked by lack of constancy
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| 124 | Ananya Aggarwal | Columbia Missourian | Something described as vapid is: |
brightly colored or flashy
Correct answer: uninteresting or pointless
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| 132 | Rian Camty | Omaha Sports Commission | Something described as taboo is: |
confused and overexcited
Correct answer: banned due to morality or taste
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| 136 | Harini Murali | SNSB Region Three Bee | What does it mean to thwart someone? |
to oppose them successfully
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| 138 | Ishaan Gupta | Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs | To scavenge is: |
to collect something from discarded material
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| 142 | Sharon Hwang | Corning Rotary Club | What is a paradigm? |
an outstandingly clear or typical example
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| 144 | Brian Liu | SNSB Region Four Bee | What does it mean to quell something? |
to suppress it
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| 146 | Izzy Canada | NYC Department of Education | What does it mean to alleviate? |
to lessen or relieve
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| 147 | Jay Nayak | NYC Department of Education | Where would you most likely encounter a bonbon? |
a candy store
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| 149 | Leah Rini | Champlain Valley Educational Services | What is havoc? |
widespread destruction
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| 151 | Simran Sanders | The Post-Standard | syracuse.com | What is an abyss? |
a vastly deep gulf or great space
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| 154 | Sach Akella | Carolina Panthers | If you abate something, you: |
reduce it in degree or intensity
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| 155 | Holden Good | Carolina Panthers | What is cordiality? |
sincere affection and kindness
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| 156 | Aishwarya Kallakuri | Carolina Panthers | Someone described as amphivorous: |
eats both animals and vegetables
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| 157 | Kushi Gottimukkala | Carolina Panthers | Something described as negligible is: |
so unimportant that it doesn't deserve attention
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| 162 | Chilaka Ugobi | ND Association of County Superintendents | What is another word for enmity? |
hostility
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| 163 | Zach Yeager | Akron Beacon Journal | Where would you see an ampersand? |
in a written text
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| 166 | Rujva Patel | WCPO 9 | If you regenerate something, you: |
form or create it again
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| 167 | Avinav Prem Anand | Columbus Blue Jackets | A person described as prolific is marked by: |
abundant productivity
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| 180 | Vittal Krishnamurthy | SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Portland | What is a sanctuary? |
a refuge from turmoil and strife
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| 182 | Akshaj Somisetty | Pennon Education | Another word for lucrative is: |
profitable
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| 185 | Isaac Geremew | WHYY | What is a cameo? |
a machine for taking photographic images
Correct answer: a brief role performed by a well-known actor
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| 186 | Jayden Jiang | WHYY | Verification is: |
the authentication of truth or accuracy
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| 187 | Jane Ross | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | A hubbub is: |
a noisy confusion of sound
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| 189 | Anjali Agarwal | Diamond City Sports | What is a tome? |
a vaulted circular roof or ceiling
Correct answer: a book that is often large or scholarly
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| 192 | John Donato | The Post and Courier | What is parity? |
the quality or state of being equal
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| 199 | Swetank Bangaru | Tennessee Titans | Something described as unfathomable cannot be: |
fully comprehended or understood
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| 200 | Vidula Kalathur | Tennessee Titans | What does infallible mean? |
incapable of error
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| 201 | Sariah Titus | Kiwanis Club of Abilene | If something is done tactfully, it is done: |
considerately and diplomatically
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| 202 | Arnie Parat | Education Credit Union | What is a nonagon? |
a nine-sided closed figure or shape
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| 203 | Thevaan Butani | Rain Droplets Foundation | If something is flagrant, it is: |
always adapting or constantly in flux
Correct answer: purposefully conspicuous or glaringly evident
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| 204 | Tarini Nandakumar | Rain Droplets Foundation | What is a garland? |
a wreath or chain of leaves or flowers
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| 205 | Isaac Cancio | KRIS Communications | If you are avid about something, you: |
crave it eagerly
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| 206 | Avishka Dudala | Dallas Sports Commission | A person with a Zen attitude exhibits: |
meditative calmness and acceptance
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| 207 | Faizan Zaki | Dallas Sports Commission | What is a tête-à-tête? |
a private conversation between two people
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| 208 | Shreyansh Zadoo | Dallas Sports Commission | If a person has been vindicated, they have been: |
freed from error or guilt
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| 210 | Brihasa Veduru | Fort Worth Public Library/Fort Worth Sports Commission | What is a scribe? |
an official or public writer
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| 211 | Noah White | Houston Community College | If you allege something, you: |
assert it without proof
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| 213 | Zachary Teoh | Houston Community College | Something described as manifold is marked by: |
uselessness or inefficiency
Correct answer: diversity or variety
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| 216 | Caleb Giuoco | Rio Grande Valley Newspapers - AIM Media Texas | What is a kiosk? |
a stand or booth at which merchandise is sold or information is provided
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| 217 | Shreeya Sivakumar | Midland Reporter-Telegram | What would be the most likely setting for a dirge? |
a nature preserve
Correct answer: a funeral
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| 220 | Siyona Kandala | BASIS Ed Texas and BASIS Texas Charter Schools, Inc. | What is terminology? |
the technical expressions used in a special subject
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| 226 | Roshan Kaushik | The City Journals | Something described as redundant: |
exceeds what is necessary
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| 231 | Viky Tanamala | Loudoun County Public Schools | Something described as sordid is: |
carefully organized
Correct answer: base or vile
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| 234 | Nargiza Muzhapaer | Fairfax County Council PTA | Which of these is an edifice? |
the US Capitol building
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| 236 | Rory Grant | Radford University | What does tempo mean? |
the rate of motion or activity
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| 238 | Declan Mallady | Town Hall Seattle | What is feasibility? |
the capability of being carried out
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| 240 | Nirav Nimbarte | The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram | What is hearsay? |
a rumor
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| 241 | Ethan Robert | Wisconsin State Journal | An albatross is: |
a large seabird
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