2025 Results

Round 2 - Vocabulary Round

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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 184th place (tied).
No. Speller's Name Speller's Sponsor Question Answer Given
1 Snigdha Pati Alabama Kiwanis Foundation Something described as opulent refers to:
wealth or affluence
2 Majo Hernandez-Zamora Anchorage Daily News Focaccia is a type of:
bread
3 Elden Wier Fairbanks North Star Borough School District A conundrum is:
a hard puzzle or a difficult problem
4 Esha Marupudi Arizona Educational Foundation What is a prerogative?
a special right or privilege
5 Salman Rashid Arizona Educational Foundation To dillydally means to:
move slowly or delay
6 Sumukh Tirumalasetty Arizona Educational Foundation What is virulence?
the characteristic of being able to defeat a host's defenses
8 Sara Chen Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas If something is described as probative, it is:
serving to provide, establish, or contribute toward proof
9 Aarav Balani The Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training Something possessing ubiquity:
is present everywhere or in many places at once
11 Enzo Paylaga KERO Channel 23 What is impetus?
an impelling or driving force
12 Aren Lee San Ramon Valley Rotary Club Something described as facile is:
easily achieved
13 Aiden Meng San Ramon Valley Rotary Club What is a vendetta?
a prolonged feud
14 Rithvi Balajee San Ramon Valley Rotary Club Charcuterie is:
the cold cuts and meat dishes sold in a delicatessen
18 Sydney Tran The Orange County Register/O.C. Department of Education If a plan goes awry, it:
goes wrong
19 Kamya Balaji Los Angeles County Office of Education What does it mean to truncate?
make something shorter by cutting
20 Oliver Halkett Los Angeles County Office of Education Something described as toilsome is:
characterized by tiring work
21 Lawrence Ye Merced County Office of Education Nepotism is:
favoritism shown to nephews and other relatives
22 Victoria Li Riverside County Office of Education What is cadence?
vocal rhythm
23 Shruthi Srinivasan Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy Clover is a type of:
plant
24 Ryan Sekera Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy Resilience is:
the ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change
25 Seren Kim Monterey County Office of Education Agility is:
quickness and dexterity of movement
26 Hannah Kuo San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Something described as revenant is:
recurring
27 Angeline Wang San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools What is atonement?
the act of making amends for an offense
28 Duaa Ouznali ABC 10News Malfeasance is:
an act of wrongdoing
29 Charlie Huang Sage Calypso is a style of:
music
30 Sarvadnya Kadam Tulare County Office of Education Something described as nocturnal:
is active at night
31 David Wang Cape Breton University What does reciprocity refer to?
development before the usual time
Correct answer: give-and-take
32 Arshan Shahriar ECU - A Division of WFCU Credit Union What is a meridian?
a great circle of the celestial sphere passing through its poles and the zenith
33 Kavya Vasudeva WFCU Credit Union What is an anachronism?
a misplacing of persons or things in time
34 Blanche Li Boulder Valley School District What does it mean to scrounge?
to find or round up
35 Ved Raju The Denver Post What is a pathogen?
a specific cause of disease
36 Nathan Settevendemie Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society What is a catalyst?
something that starts a process or change
37 Siara Husain First State Educate Something described as martial relates to:
army or military life
39 Zwe Spacetime The Washington Informer Someone described as vainglorious is:
boastful
40 Ibrahim Beck European PTSA Shrapnel is:
fragments from a bomb, mine, or shells
41 Elias Javelona SNSB Region Two Bee What does it mean to chastise someone?
to scold them
42 Nicasio David Lee County Spelling Bee What is an escapade?
a daring adventure or experience
43 Sree Vidya Siliveri WJXT Suffrage is:
the right to take part in electing public officials
44 Hadi Abbasi Miami Herald What does it mean to adjudicate?
to judge or decide on
45 Nikhil Sha Miami Herald If you give credence to something, you:
accept it as true
48 Louis Avetis Foundation For Orange County Public Schools Something described as clandestine is:
done in secret
49 Diego Gallegos Foundation For Orange County Public Schools What is another word for debilitate?
weaken
50 Moksh Maru SNSB Region Two Bee A person described as prolix is:
given to long-winded speeches
51 Vlada Kozhevnikova Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund A marimba is a type of:
xylophone
53 Sarv Dharavane Georgia Association of Educators What is an appraisal?
an evaluation of quality or status
54 Sara Daoud Georgia Association of Educators A hermitage is:
a private retreat
55 Giovanni Adjei The National Spelling Bee Ghana Where would you most likely use litmus?
in chemistry class
56 Cyleane Quansah The National Spelling Bee Ghana Which of these would be described as labyrinthine?
an intricate maze
57 Alleena Villaluz Rotary Club of Guam If something is gnarled, it is:
bent or warped as if with knots
58 Kira Lau Hawaii State Spelling Bee If you marooned someone, you:
left them alone on a desolate island or coast
59 Sonu Murali Mohan SNSB Region One Bee Something described as vicarious is experienced:
at a highly inconvenient moment
Correct answer: through imaginative participation in the experience of another
60 Andrew Ford Idaho Character Foundation What does it mean to trespass?
cross an existing boundary line
62 Navtaj Singh Lewiston Tribune Vehemence is the quality of:
being marked by intense hostility
63 Beatriz Whitford-Rodríguez Chicago Public Schools A contusion is a type of:
bruise
64 Shruthi Ayyagari DuPage Regional Office of Education Something described as anserine:
resembles a goose
65 Katie Park South Cook Intermediate Service Center Something described as primeval relates to:
the earliest ages of the world
66 Alanur Mescioglu Will County Regional Office of Education What does it mean to serenade?
to perform music for or in honor of someone
67 Brighid Reid DeKalb Regional Office of Education 16 What is an encomium?
a thin layer of cells that lines a body cavity
Correct answer: a formal expression of warm or high praise
68 Kavin Suriya Prakash SNSB Region Three Bee Something described as compelling:
demands and holds one's attention
69 Mason Coulthard Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education What does it mean to debunk?
to expose exaggerated claims
70 Yahya Mohammed Kane County Regional Office of Education Something that is aboriginal:
is the earliest of its kind in a region
72 Tyler Kochanski McHenry County Regional Office of Education Where would you encounter a pinnacle?
at the top of a mountain
73 Arnav Sharma Grundy/Kendall County Regional Office of Education What does it mean to traverse?
journey over or across
75 Visharad Sathish Lake County Regional Office of Education If someone is described as domineering, they are:
overbearing or bossy
76 Raian Timur SNSB Region Three Bee A legacy is:
a gift of money or personal property through a will
77 Owen Shirey IU School of Education Indianapolis What does it mean to feign something?
to give a false appearance of it
78 Sharanya Kar LARA Educational Opportunities, Inc. Another word for rambunctious is:
wild
79 Vishva Bharath St. John's Lutheran Church To blandish is:
to wield
Correct answer: to flatter
80 Leo Furlong Ball State University - WIPB-TV What is extradition?
the transfer of a suspected criminal from one country to another for trial
81 Lindsey Jessen The Dispatch Argus If something is described as emancipatory, it:
relates to freedom from bondage
83 Samuel Riley Kansas Press Association What is a vanguard?
a strategy for preventing destruction of property
Correct answer: the forefront of a movement
85 Zachary Rara Louisville Free Public Library Indemnity is a type of:
protection against hurt or loss or damage
86 George Weghorst WCPO 9 What is another word for foible?
weakness
88 Naqeeb Hossain LSU - University Laboratory School Ebullience is:
defiance
Correct answer: exuberance
90 James Granger SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Lake Charles Someone described as quixotic tends to be:
sarcastic
Correct answer: idealistic
92 Chidu Anumele Louisiana State University Shreveport Something done amiably is done:
in a friendly manner
93 Esme Filippo Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram What is jocularity?
being athletic and good at sports
Correct answer: a tendency to say amusing things
94 Quint Karlsson Anne Arundel County Public Schools Something described as rollicking is:
joyful
95 Bindi Ray Maryland Sports An abstemious person is likely to:
make people laugh
Correct answer: eat sparingly
96 Lauren Merillana The Meakem Group What is spontaneity?
the trait of being impulsive
97 Luke Noblezada Howard County Library A treatise is most like:
an essay
98 Arya Bhavansikar Frederick County Public Libraries Zeitgeist is:
the cultural and intellectual spirit of an era
100 Megan Barrientos University of Maryland Eastern Shore If something is utilitarian, it:
has a useful function
101 Sapna Malhotra Boston Centers for Youth & Families What does gullibility refer to?
being easily tricked
102 Adarsh Venkannagari The Daily Item An impasse is:
a road that can't be traveled
103 Juliet Merrill The Martha's Vineyard Times A schism is:
a metamorphic crystalline rock
Correct answer: a division into two disagreeing groups
106 Elliott Covelle Kent Intermediate School District A gaggle is a group of:
geese
107 Josiah Loehrke Kalamazoo Experiential Learning Center What is a grotto?
a hollow place that forms a natural shelter often on the side of a hill
110 Ishika Dirisala The Herald-Palladium To abolish is:
to do away with wholly
111 Minna Danziger Traverse City Record-Eagle What is a veneer?
a smile given mockingly
Correct answer: a thin sheet of wood
112 Sanvi Mandvekar Oakland Schools Education Foundation Something described as humdrum has:
a routine or commonplace character
114 Gemma Kim The Minnesota Service Cooperatives Transience is the state of:
lasting only a short time
115 Jaden Go The Minnesota Service Cooperatives What is pallor?
abnormal lack of color
117 Charles Mueller-Thompson The Minnesota Service Cooperatives What would one use a rubric for?
grading or scoring academic papers
118 Wade Salvey The Minnesota Service Cooperatives What does it mean to eschew?
to shun
119 Emmaline Bushman The Minnesota Service Cooperatives Something described as grandiloquent is:
marked by lofty language
121 Josslyn Hansen The Minnesota Service Cooperatives A talisman is supposed to:
follow closely behind someone in a race
Correct answer: ward off evil
122 Sagan Karthikeyan C Spire Foundation A rebuff is:
a course of physical therapy
Correct answer: a snub or rejection
123 Yuva Peddireddy C Spire Foundation Something described as sepulchral:
has qualities suggestive of a funeral
124 Ananya Aggarwal Columbia Missourian Something described as pernicious is:
destructive
125 Beckett Griffin Mid-Continent Public Library Something done illicitly is done:
unlawfully
126 Will Henley Raymore-Peculiar School District Someone described as sophomoric is:
elegant
Correct answer: immature
127 Scott Tingle Three Rivers College What does it mean to trounce?
to win victory over in a decisive manner
128 Kunal Patel A.C.E.S. What does it mean to juxtapose?
to place side by side
130 Khusi Dahal Saint Louis University What is windbaggery?
pompous meaningless talk
131 Ruby Wang Montana Television Network What does it mean to incinerate?
to cause to burn to ashes
132 Rian Camty Omaha Sports Commission What does disposition refer to?
a prevailing mood
133 Priya Konduru The Public Education Foundation If a person is being facetious, they are:
joking in a silly or inappropriate way
134 Audrey Ware The Public Education Foundation What is seclusion?
the condition of being separated from outside influence
135 Arpith Mishra New Hampshire Union Leader What is another word for hegemony?
dominance
136 Harini Murali SNSB Region Three Bee A phylum is:
a division or category of the animal kingdom
137 Eli Neibart Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs If someone is described as imposing, they:
are impressive and command attention
138 Ishaan Gupta Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs What is duress?
compulsion by threat of retribution
139 Daniel Rotem Care NJ An epithet is:
a word or phrase meant as an insult
140 Keith Lee The Albuquerque Journal What is a gaucho?
a South American herdsman
141 Krrisha Agrawal Albany & Troy Lions Club What is a luau?
a Hawaiian feast with entertainment
142 Sharon Hwang Corning Rotary Club What is a ligament?
a band of tissue found in the body
143 Cora Massaro Orange-Ulster BOCES How often does a solstice occur?
twice a year
144 Brian Liu SNSB Region Four Bee What is a conclave?
an assembly of Catholic cardinals
146 Izzy Canada NYC Department of Education Something described as fiduciary:
involves a confidence or trust
147 Jay Nayak NYC Department of Education An emissary is:
an agent or representative
148 Margot Fieni The Daily Star An amulet:
protects the person wearing it
149 Leah Rini Champlain Valley Educational Services Another word for dirigible is:
steerable
151 Simran Sanders The Post-Standard | syracuse.com A pedigree is:
a list showing the line of ancestors
152 Micah Sterling Watertown Daily Times An avatar is:
an electronic image of a computer user in a virtual space
153 Amazing-Grace Salami Spellingbee In Nigeria Something described as achromatic is lacking in:
color
154 Sach Akella Carolina Panthers A person described as versatile has:
a wide range of proficiencies
155 Holden Good Carolina Panthers Something described as orthogonal:
intersects at right angles
156 Aishwarya Kallakuri Carolina Panthers Tractability is the quality of being:
easily taught or managed
157 Kushi Gottimukkala Carolina Panthers Something described as volatile:
tends to erupt into violent action
158 Johannes Roxburgh Duke University Office of Durham & Community Affairs If something is described as kindred, it is:
good-natured
Correct answer: related
161 Swayzee Brown Johnston County Public Schools What does it mean to obliterate?
destroy completely
162 Chilaka Ugobi ND Association of County Superintendents An expedition is a type of:
journey
163 Zach Yeager Akron Beacon Journal Someone described as boisterous is:
full of exuberant spirits
164 Joseph Keffer Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism Another word for abominable is:
horrible
166 Rujva Patel WCPO 9 A material described as pliant is:
flexible
167 Avinav Prem Anand Columbus Blue Jackets What does it mean to expostulate?
reason earnestly in order to dissuade
169 Aurora Spisak Wright State University Taxidermy is:
the art of preparing lifelike representations of animals by stuffing the skin
170 Hiro Bernhardsson Educational Service Center of Lorain County If you do something tenaciously, you do it with great:
persistence
171 Jason Chukwuma-Eze The Lima News What does obstreperous mean?
stubbornly defiant
173 Aadhya Adhikari The Marietta Times Something described as raucous is:
disorderly
174 Brett Kuprowicz The Times Leader Something declamatory is:
split into constituent layers
Correct answer: characterized by rhetorical display
175 Kaden Haddox The Herald-Star Déjà vu is:
a sensation that one has heard or seen something before
176 Kendall Mehl The Blade A candid conversation is:
sincere and honest
178 Annika Huang Oklahoma City Community College Something modular is:
capable of being easily joined to or arranged with other parts or units
179 William Fuller 2 News Oklahoma An organelle is:
a specialized part of a cell
180 Vittal Krishnamurthy SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Portland If something is described as combustible, it is:
able to catch fire and burn
182 Akshaj Somisetty Pennon Education A chortle is:
a sound expressing pleasure or joy
183 Maia Mathai Pennsylvania State Education Association and Council for the Advancement of Public Schools A remonstrance is:
an act of saying or pleading in protest or opposition
184 Joey Anandh Delaware County Intermediate Unit Something described as elusive is:
difficult to capture
185 Isaac Geremew WHYY An oracle is someone with:
highly valued wisdom
186 Jayden Jiang WHYY What is a quota?
the share assigned to each member of a body
187 Jane Ross Pittsburgh Post-Gazette What is a mantra?
a ritualistic incantation that is used in Buddhism and Hinduism
188 Rowena Cresswell-Blickley Schuylkill Technology Center A person described as a mentor is:
a teacher
189 Anjali Agarwal Diamond City Sports What is a diatribe?
a bitter, abusive, lengthy speech or piece of writing
191 Elliana Pagliarini The Valley Breeze Another word for revelation is:
disclosure
192 John Donato The Post and Courier Where are you most likely to encounter a bailiff?
in a courtroom
193 Connor Norton Pee Dee Education Center Something described as abject:
exists in a low state or condition
194 Ahaan Jain Carolina Panthers Something olfactory:
is connected with the sense of smell
197 Amanuel Gemechis South Dakota News Watch What is a cavalcade?
a procession
198 Josh Verma University of Memphis What is a gastronome?
a person who loves high-quality food and drink
199 Swetank Bangaru Tennessee Titans Pedantry is:
ostentatious presentation of knowledge
200 Vidula Kalathur Tennessee Titans What does a plaintiff do?
begins a lawsuit of some kind
201 Sariah Titus Kiwanis Club of Abilene What is a diva?
a person who doesn't work well as part of a team
202 Arnie Parat Education Credit Union An accomplice is someone who:
helps another commit a crime
203 Thevaan Butani Rain Droplets Foundation What does it mean to annotate?
to make notes that accompany a piece of writing
204 Tarini Nandakumar Rain Droplets Foundation Something described as cacophonous is:
marked by harsh or discordant sound
205 Isaac Cancio KRIS Communications What is another word for dawdle?
loiter
206 Avishka Dudala Dallas Sports Commission Another word for prodigious is:
immense
207 Faizan Zaki Dallas Sports Commission A person described as imperious is:
overbearing
208 Shreyansh Zadoo Dallas Sports Commission Which of these is an example of mayhem?
a felonious crime
209 Anaya Tonde EPISD Education Foundation Epoxy is:
a glue
210 Brihasa Veduru Fort Worth Public Library/Fort Worth Sports Commission Another word for rejuvenate is:
reinvigorate
211 Noah White Houston Community College What is depredation?
the act of plundering or pillaging
212 Luke Nguyen Houston Community College Tungsten is a type of:
metal
213 Zachary Teoh Houston Community College What does propulsion refer to?
the action of driving forward
214 Alejandro Martinez Laredo Morning Times To enervate someone is:
to make them weak or feeble
215 Michael Tesfaye Ramar Communications An addendum is:
a supplementary item added to a book
216 Caleb Giuoco Rio Grande Valley Newspapers - AIM Media Texas What does it mean to ruminate?
to carefully think about something
217 Shreeya Sivakumar Midland Reporter-Telegram What is a montage?
a quick sequence of images that establishes theme, mood, or passage of time
218 Krish Patel Ector County Independent School District Someone described as squeamish:
is easily nauseated
220 Siyona Kandala BASIS Ed Texas and BASIS Texas Charter Schools, Inc. What does it mean to succumb?
to yield to a force or appeal
221 Chev Bondoc Victoria College What is another word for shenanigans?
pranks
222 Aarav Sargurunathan Rapoport Holdings, LLC Something described as minacious is:
of a threatening character
223 Evan Fahie The Virgin Islands Daily News Which of the following would most likely be described as bleary?
eyes or vision
226 Roshan Kaushik The City Journals If you forfeit something, you:
lose the right to it because of an error or crime
227 Phoenix Newell Vermont Principals Association A stampede is:
a sudden rush of frightened animals
228 Layla Barrett Big Brothers Big Sisters of Danville Area Why would you give kudos?
as praise for an achievement
230 Nicholas Kokhan Rockingham District Ruritans Something described as celestial is:
related to the sky
231 Viky Tanamala Loudoun County Public Schools What does it mean to flourish?
to thrive
232 Vincent Chu InsideNoVa/Prince William What does minutia refer to?
a small or precise detail
233 Nikita Ramakrishnan Fairfax County Council PTA To curtail is:
to shorten in duration or scope
234 Nargiza Muzhapaer Fairfax County Council PTA Which of these would most likely be described as austere?
an empty white room
235 Suhani Joshi WHRO Public Media What is another word for ghastly?
terrible
236 Rory Grant Radford University If something is described as cohesive, it:
fits together naturally and consistently
237 Harper Cox Richmond Raceway Which of the following would be called an iris?
a wading bird with a curved beak
Correct answer: a play of colors resembling a rainbow
238 Declan Mallady Town Hall Seattle What does it mean to indict someone?
to charge them with a crime
239 Charvitha Sanjaya Charleston Gazette-Mail If something is described as felonious, it:
relates to a crime that is more serious than a misdemeanor offense
240 Nirav Nimbarte The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram What is a thespian?
an actor
241 Ethan Robert Wisconsin State Journal Who is most likely to throw a tantrum?
a small child when tired or angry
242 Jacob Martonito Wisconsin State Journal Someone described as ingenuous is:
sophisticated
Correct answer: naive
243 Eli Jernigan Sweetwater County BOCES Something done fervently is done:
with a deep intensity of feeling