2024 Results

Round 5 - Vocabulary Round

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No. Speller's Name Speller's Sponsor Question Answer Given
4 Esha Marupudi Arizona Educational Foundation If something is heterodox, it:
diverges from a traditional point of view
8 Sara Chen Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas Something described as tandem:
has no logical order or arrangement
Correct answer: consists of two elements arranged one behind the other
13 Aiden Meng San Ramon Valley Rotary Club What is a sobriquet?
a fanciful nickname
18 Sydney Tran The Orange County Register/O.C. Department of Education Someone described as swaggering has:
a pompous or arrogant manner
19 Kamya Balaji Los Angeles County Office of Education A person described as woozy is:
experiencing dizziness, mild nausea, or weakness
20 Oliver Halkett Los Angeles County Office of Education What does it mean to wrangle?
engage in argument
22 Victoria Li Riverside County Office of Education What is an acronym?
a word formed from the initial letters of other words
24 Ryan Sekera Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy Something described as sectarian is:
confined to the limits of one group
31 David Wang Cape Breton University Someone exhibiting bellicosity is:
showily aggressive
32 Arshan Shahriar ECU - A Division of WFCU Credit Union What does ameliorate mean?
to make something better
37 Siara Husain First State Educate What is a calliope?
a musical instrument consisting of a series of whistles
45 Nikhil Sha Miami Herald Xenophobia is the fear of:
strangers or foreigners
47 Aiden Westover Foundation For Orange County Public Schools What is a troglodyte?
a primitive cave dweller
51 Vlada Kozhevnikova Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund What is an ideogram?
a symbol that represents a thing or an idea but not a particular word or phrase for it
54 Sara Daoud Georgia Association of Educators What does it mean to be rife with something?
to be abounding with it
55 Giovanni Adjei The National Spelling Bee Ghana If something is lackluster, it is:
dull and uninspired
72 Tyler Kochanski McHenry County Regional Office of Education Someone described as strapping has:
an unkempt or disheveled appearance
Correct answer: a vigorously sturdy physique
80 Leo Furlong Ball State University - WIPB-TV What is a spore?
a tiny body used by a living thing to reproduce itself
86 George Weghorst WCPO 9 What is an ohm?
a unit of electric resistance
93 Esme Filippo Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram Something done tacitly is done in a manner that is:
implied but not actually expressed
96 Lauren Merillana The Meakem Group What does it mean to spurn something?
reject it with contempt
105 Divya Choudhary WXYZ Channel 7 To wean someone is to:
tease them until they get annoyed or angry
Correct answer: have them cease to depend on a mother for nourishment
111 Minna Danziger Traverse City Record-Eagle If a person has been vindicated, they have been:
freed from error or guilt
118 Wade Salvey The Minnesota Service Cooperatives Something described as trite is:
commonplace
124 Ananya Aggarwal Columbia Missourian Something described as scathing is:
bitterly severe
127 Scott Tingle Three Rivers College An actor's repertoire is:
the costume that they wear in a performance
Correct answer: the parts that they are prepared to perform
129 Natalie Linthicum Mosaic Life Care Foundation If something is described as verdant, it is:
green with vegetation
131 Ruby Wang Montana Television Network What is contraband?
goods forbidden from being imported or exported
134 Audrey Ware The Public Education Foundation What are tresses?
rolling hills
Correct answer: long locks of hair
139 Daniel Rotem Care NJ What is a wayfarer?
one who travels, especially on foot
145 Reed Laursen Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES What is a keystone?
the wedge-shaped piece at the crown of an arch
151 Simran Sanders The Post-Standard | syracuse.com Which would you most likely quaff?
a bottle of water
153 Amazing-Grace Salami Spellingbee In Nigeria How would you describe an oracular tone?
wise and solemn
154 Sach Akella Carolina Panthers What is an iconoclast?
one who attacks established beliefs, ideals, customs, or institutions
155 Holden Good Carolina Panthers A person described as recalcitrant is:
stubbornly disobedient
168 Sebastian Gil ESC of the Western Reserve Something that is dolorous:
expresses sorrow or affliction
172 Maureen Bone East Liverpool Review, Salem News & The Morning Journal What is conscription?
the printing of an alternate currency
Correct answer: compulsory enrollment into the armed forces
177 Daniela Lucia Pappalardo WFMJ Television What is a clunker?
a loud and crowded party
Correct answer: a dilapidated automobile
179 William Fuller 2 News Oklahoma What is a diatribe?
a tube made of plastic for moving compressed gases
Correct answer: a bitter, abusive, lengthy speech or piece of writing
182 Akshaj Somisetty Pennon Education Someone described as agog is:
full of intense interest or excitement
188 Rowena Cresswell-Blickley Schuylkill Technology Center What is a hippodrome?
an arena for equestrian performances
196 Kolin Schuler Carolina Panthers Something described as abiotic is:
not produced by living organisms
197 Amanuel Gemechis South Dakota News Watch What is a parapet?
a raised rampart in a fortification
200 Vidula Kalathur Tennessee Titans What is a reprobate?
a sum of money discounted from a purchase
Correct answer: a depraved or unprincipled person
204 Tarini Nandakumar Rain Droplets Foundation What is a tête-à-tête?
a private conversation between two persons
205 Isaac Cancio KRIS Communications What does it mean to interdict?
to introduce
Correct answer: to prohibit
207 Faizan Zaki Dallas Sports Commission Braggadocio is:
empty boasting
208 Shreyansh Zadoo Dallas Sports Commission Zaniness is the state of being:
fantastically absurd
209 Anaya Tonde EPISD Education Foundation If two things dovetail, they:
proceed along parallel paths
Correct answer: fit together in a unified whole
210 Brihasa Veduru Fort Worth Public Library/Fort Worth Sports Commission Something described as holistic is concerned with:
knowledge gathered through revelation
Correct answer: complete systems rather than only parts
211 Noah White Houston Community College Something described as swanky is:
crooked or lopsided
Correct answer: fashionably elegant
212 Luke Nguyen Houston Community College Someone described as zestful is distinguished by:
their vitality and keen enjoyment
213 Zachary Teoh Houston Community College What is didacticism?
a quality of conveying instruction
229 Draven Williams Central Rappahannock Regional Library What is a klaxon?
an English goose known for its shrill cry
Correct answer: an electrically operated horn or warning signal
230 Nicholas Kokhan Rockingham District Ruritans What is ecru?
a color
236 Rory Grant Radford University Otolaryngology is the study of:
the ear, nose, and throat
237 Harper Cox Richmond Raceway What does it mean to conflate things?
to merge them together
240 Nirav Nimbarte The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram Someone described as dilettantish:
shows frivolous or superficial interest
243 Eli Jernigan Sweetwater County BOCES What is a greenhorn?
an inexperienced person