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2024 Results
Round 7 - Vocabulary Round
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No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Question | Answer Given |
4 | Esha Marupudi | Arizona Educational Foundation | Someone described as quixotic tends to be: |
idealistic
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13 | Aiden Meng | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | Where would one find the antipodes? |
on the opposite side of the earth
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18 | Sydney Tran | The Orange County Register/O.C. Department of Education | If something is described as brackish, it is: |
salty
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19 | Kamya Balaji | Los Angeles County Office of Education | What does it mean to be mercurial? |
characterized by unpredictable changeableness
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22 | Victoria Li | Riverside County Office of Education | What is terra firma? |
dry land or solid ground
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31 | David Wang | Cape Breton University | What does it mean to welter? |
to toss about, as in waves
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37 | Siara Husain | First State Educate | What is usury? |
the voluntary violation of an oath or vow
Correct answer: an illegally high interest rate charged to a borrower
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45 | Nikhil Sha | Miami Herald | Ochre is: |
a moderate orange yellow color
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47 | Aiden Westover | Foundation For Orange County Public Schools | Something described as dilatory would cause: |
delay
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111 | Minna Danziger | Traverse City Record-Eagle | A pueblo is a type of: |
settlement
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129 | Natalie Linthicum | Mosaic Life Care Foundation | What is another word for gainsay? |
earn
Correct answer: contradict
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131 | Ruby Wang | Montana Television Network | A person described as a desperado is: |
a bandit
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139 | Daniel Rotem | Care NJ | Someone described as censorious is given to: |
discovering and condemning social or moral errors
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145 | Reed Laursen | Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES | What is a fjord? |
a deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs
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155 | Holden Good | Carolina Panthers | Another word for aplomb is: |
poise
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182 | Akshaj Somisetty | Pennon Education | What is a shellacking? |
a sales pitch from a promoter
Correct answer: a decisive or humiliating defeat
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207 | Faizan Zaki | Dallas Sports Commission | What is a yawp? |
a raucous noise
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212 | Luke Nguyen | Houston Community College | Something that is baleful is: |
evil
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213 | Zachary Teoh | Houston Community College | What is a bugbear? |
a carnivorous plant
Correct answer: a continuing source of irritation
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237 | Harper Cox | Richmond Raceway | What is an exegesis? |
a critical interpretation of a text
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243 | Eli Jernigan | Sweetwater County BOCES | A toady is a person who: |
will not pay their debts
Correct answer: acts in a submissive manner
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