2025 Results
Round 2 - Vocabulary Round
183
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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
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2 | Majo Hernandez-Zamora | Anchorage Daily News | Focaccia is a type of: |
bread
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3 | Elden Wier | Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | A conundrum is: |
a hard puzzle or a difficult problem
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4 | Esha Marupudi | Arizona Educational Foundation | What is a prerogative? |
a special right or privilege
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5 | Salman Rashid | Arizona Educational Foundation | To dillydally means to: |
move slowly or delay
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6 | Sumukh Tirumalasetty | Arizona Educational Foundation | What is virulence? |
the characteristic of being able to defeat a host's defenses
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8 | Sara Chen | Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas | If something is described as probative, it is: |
serving to provide, establish, or contribute toward proof
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9 | Aarav Balani | The Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training | Something possessing ubiquity: |
is present everywhere or in many places at once
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11 | Enzo Paylaga | KERO Channel 23 | What is impetus? |
an impelling or driving force
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12 | Aren Lee | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | Something described as facile is: |
easily achieved
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13 | Aiden Meng | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | What is a vendetta? |
a prolonged feud
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14 | Rithvi Balajee | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | Charcuterie is: |
the cold cuts and meat dishes sold in a delicatessen
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18 | Sydney Tran | The Orange County Register/O.C. Department of Education | If a plan goes awry, it: |
goes wrong
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19 | Kamya Balaji | Los Angeles County Office of Education | What does it mean to truncate? |
make something shorter by cutting
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20 | Oliver Halkett | Los Angeles County Office of Education | Something described as toilsome is: |
characterized by tiring work
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21 | Lawrence Ye | Merced County Office of Education | Nepotism is: |
favoritism shown to nephews and other relatives
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22 | Victoria Li | Riverside County Office of Education | What is cadence? |
vocal rhythm
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23 | Shruthi Srinivasan | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | Clover is a type of: |
plant
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24 | Ryan Sekera | Terrell Christopher Gladney Memorial Academy | Resilience is: |
the ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change
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25 | Seren Kim | Monterey County Office of Education | Agility is: |
quickness and dexterity of movement
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26 | Hannah Kuo | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | Something described as revenant is: |
recurring
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27 | Angeline Wang | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | What is atonement? |
the act of making amends for an offense
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28 | Duaa Ouznali | ABC 10News | Malfeasance is: |
an act of wrongdoing
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29 | Charlie Huang | Sage | Calypso is a style of: |
music
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30 | Sarvadnya Kadam | Tulare County Office of Education | Something described as nocturnal: |
is active at night
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31 | David Wang | Cape Breton University | What does reciprocity refer to? |
development before the usual time
Correct answer: give-and-take
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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
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33 | Kavya Vasudeva | WFCU Credit Union | What is an anachronism? |
a misplacing of persons or things in time
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34 | Blanche Li | Boulder Valley School District | What does it mean to scrounge? |
to find or round up
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35 | Ved Raju | The Denver Post | What is a pathogen? |
a specific cause of disease
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36 | Nathan Settevendemie | Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society | What is a catalyst? |
something that starts a process or change
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37 | Siara Husain | First State Educate | Something described as martial relates to: |
army or military life
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39 | Zwe Spacetime | The Washington Informer | Someone described as vainglorious is: |
boastful
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40 | Ibrahim Beck | European PTSA | Shrapnel is: |
fragments from a bomb, mine, or shells
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41 | Elias Javelona | SNSB Region Two Bee | What does it mean to chastise someone? |
to scold them
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42 | Nicasio David | Lee County Spelling Bee | What is an escapade? |
a daring adventure or experience
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43 | Sree Vidya Siliveri | WJXT | Suffrage is: |
the right to take part in electing public officials
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44 | Hadi Abbasi | Miami Herald | What does it mean to adjudicate? |
to judge or decide on
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45 | Nikhil Sha | Miami Herald | If you give credence to something, you: |
accept it as true
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48 | Louis Avetis | Foundation For Orange County Public Schools | Something described as clandestine is: |
done in secret
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49 | Diego Gallegos | Foundation For Orange County Public Schools | What is another word for debilitate? |
weaken
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50 | Moksh Maru | SNSB Region Two Bee | A person described as prolix is: |
given to long-winded speeches
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51 | Vlada Kozhevnikova | Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund | A marimba is a type of: |
xylophone
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53 | Sarv Dharavane | Georgia Association of Educators | What is an appraisal? |
an evaluation of quality or status
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54 | Sara Daoud | Georgia Association of Educators | A hermitage is: |
a private retreat
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55 | Giovanni Adjei | The National Spelling Bee Ghana | Where would you most likely use litmus? |
in chemistry class
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56 | Cyleane Quansah | The National Spelling Bee Ghana | Which of these would be described as labyrinthine? |
an intricate maze
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57 | Alleena Villaluz | Rotary Club of Guam | If something is gnarled, it is: |
bent or warped as if with knots
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58 | Kira Lau | Hawaii State Spelling Bee | If you marooned someone, you: |
left them alone on a desolate island or coast
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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
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60 | Andrew Ford | Idaho Character Foundation | What does it mean to trespass? |
cross an existing boundary line
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62 | Navtaj Singh | Lewiston Tribune | Vehemence is the quality of: |
being marked by intense hostility
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63 | Beatriz Whitford-RodrÃguez | Chicago Public Schools | A contusion is a type of: |
bruise
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64 | Shruthi Ayyagari | DuPage Regional Office of Education | Something described as anserine: |
resembles a goose
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65 | Katie Park | South Cook Intermediate Service Center | Something described as primeval relates to: |
the earliest ages of the world
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66 | Alanur Mescioglu | Will County Regional Office of Education | What does it mean to serenade? |
to perform music for or in honor of someone
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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
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68 | Kavin Suriya Prakash | SNSB Region Three Bee | Something described as compelling: |
demands and holds one's attention
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69 | Mason Coulthard | Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson Regional Office of Education | What does it mean to debunk? |
to expose exaggerated claims
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70 | Yahya Mohammed | Kane County Regional Office of Education | Something that is aboriginal: |
is the earliest of its kind in a region
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72 | Tyler Kochanski | McHenry County Regional Office of Education | Where would you encounter a pinnacle? |
at the top of a mountain
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73 | Arnav Sharma | Grundy/Kendall County Regional Office of Education | What does it mean to traverse? |
journey over or across
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75 | Visharad Sathish | Lake County Regional Office of Education | If someone is described as domineering, they are: |
overbearing or bossy
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76 | Raian Timur | SNSB Region Three Bee | A legacy is: |
a gift of money or personal property through a will
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77 | Owen Shirey | IU School of Education Indianapolis | What does it mean to feign something? |
to give a false appearance of it
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78 | Sharanya Kar | LARA Educational Opportunities, Inc. | Another word for rambunctious is: |
wild
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79 | Vishva Bharath | St. John's Lutheran Church | To blandish is: |
to wield
Correct answer: to flatter
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80 | Leo Furlong | Ball State University - WIPB-TV | What is extradition? |
the transfer of a suspected criminal from one country to another for trial
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81 | Lindsey Jessen | The Dispatch Argus | If something is described as emancipatory, it: |
relates to freedom from bondage
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83 | Samuel Riley | Kansas Press Association | What is a vanguard? |
a strategy for preventing destruction of property
Correct answer: the forefront of a movement
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85 | Zachary Rara | Louisville Free Public Library | Indemnity is a type of: |
protection against hurt or loss or damage
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86 | George Weghorst | WCPO 9 | What is another word for foible? |
weakness
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88 | Naqeeb Hossain | LSU - University Laboratory School | Ebullience is: |
defiance
Correct answer: exuberance
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90 | James Granger | SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Lake Charles | Someone described as quixotic tends to be: |
sarcastic
Correct answer: idealistic
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92 | Chidu Anumele | Louisiana State University Shreveport | Something done amiably is done: |
in a friendly manner
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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
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94 | Quint Karlsson | Anne Arundel County Public Schools | Something described as rollicking is: |
joyful
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95 | Bindi Ray | Maryland Sports | An abstemious person is likely to: |
make people laugh
Correct answer: eat sparingly
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96 | Lauren Merillana | The Meakem Group | What is spontaneity? |
the trait of being impulsive
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97 | Luke Noblezada | Howard County Library | A treatise is most like: |
an essay
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98 | Arya Bhavansikar | Frederick County Public Libraries | Zeitgeist is: |
the cultural and intellectual spirit of an era
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100 | Megan Barrientos | University of Maryland Eastern Shore | If something is utilitarian, it: |
has a useful function
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101 | Sapna Malhotra | Boston Centers for Youth & Families | What does gullibility refer to? |
being easily tricked
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102 | Adarsh Venkannagari | The Daily Item | An impasse is: |
a road that can't be traveled
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103 | Juliet Merrill | The Martha's Vineyard Times | A schism is: |
a metamorphic crystalline rock
Correct answer: a division into two disagreeing groups
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106 | Elliott Covelle | Kent Intermediate School District | A gaggle is a group of: |
geese
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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
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110 | Ishika Dirisala | The Herald-Palladium | To abolish is: |
to do away with wholly
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111 | Minna Danziger | Traverse City Record-Eagle | What is a veneer? |
a smile given mockingly
Correct answer: a thin sheet of wood
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112 | Sanvi Mandvekar | Oakland Schools Education Foundation | Something described as humdrum has: |
a routine or commonplace character
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114 | Gemma Kim | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | Transience is the state of: |
lasting only a short time
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115 | Jaden Go | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | What is pallor? |
abnormal lack of color
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117 | Charles Mueller-Thompson | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | What would one use a rubric for? |
grading or scoring academic papers
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118 | Wade Salvey | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | What does it mean to eschew? |
to shun
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119 | Emmaline Bushman | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | Something described as grandiloquent is: |
marked by lofty language
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121 | Josslyn Hansen | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | A talisman is supposed to: |
follow closely behind someone in a race
Correct answer: ward off evil
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122 | Sagan Karthikeyan | C Spire Foundation | A rebuff is: |
a course of physical therapy
Correct answer: a snub or rejection
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123 | Yuva Peddireddy | C Spire Foundation | Something described as sepulchral: |
has qualities suggestive of a funeral
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124 | Ananya Aggarwal | Columbia Missourian | Something described as pernicious is: |
destructive
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125 | Beckett Griffin | Mid-Continent Public Library | Something done illicitly is done: |
unlawfully
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126 | Will Henley | Raymore-Peculiar School District | Someone described as sophomoric is: |
elegant
Correct answer: immature
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127 | Scott Tingle | Three Rivers College | What does it mean to trounce? |
to win victory over in a decisive manner
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128 | Kunal Patel | A.C.E.S. | What does it mean to juxtapose? |
to place side by side
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130 | Khusi Dahal | Saint Louis University | What is windbaggery? |
pompous meaningless talk
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131 | Ruby Wang | Montana Television Network | What does it mean to incinerate? |
to cause to burn to ashes
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132 | Rian Camty | Omaha Sports Commission | What does disposition refer to? |
a prevailing mood
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133 | Priya Konduru | The Public Education Foundation | If a person is being facetious, they are: |
joking in a silly or inappropriate way
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134 | Audrey Ware | The Public Education Foundation | What is seclusion? |
the condition of being separated from outside influence
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135 | Arpith Mishra | New Hampshire Union Leader | What is another word for hegemony? |
dominance
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136 | Harini Murali | SNSB Region Three Bee | A phylum is: |
a division or category of the animal kingdom
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137 | Eli Neibart | Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs | If someone is described as imposing, they: |
are impressive and command attention
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138 | Ishaan Gupta | Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs | What is duress? |
compulsion by threat of retribution
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139 | Daniel Rotem | Care NJ | An epithet is: |
a word or phrase meant as an insult
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140 | Keith Lee | The Albuquerque Journal | What is a gaucho? |
a South American herdsman
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141 | Krrisha Agrawal | Albany & Troy Lions Club | What is a luau? |
a Hawaiian feast with entertainment
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142 | Sharon Hwang | Corning Rotary Club | What is a ligament? |
a band of tissue found in the body
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143 | Cora Massaro | Orange-Ulster BOCES | How often does a solstice occur? |
twice a year
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144 | Brian Liu | SNSB Region Four Bee | What is a conclave? |
an assembly of Catholic cardinals
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146 | Izzy Canada | NYC Department of Education | Something described as fiduciary: |
involves a confidence or trust
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147 | Jay Nayak | NYC Department of Education | An emissary is: |
an agent or representative
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148 | Margot Fieni | The Daily Star | An amulet: |
protects the person wearing it
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149 | Leah Rini | Champlain Valley Educational Services | Another word for dirigible is: |
steerable
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151 | Simran Sanders | The Post-Standard | syracuse.com | A pedigree is: |
a list showing the line of ancestors
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152 | Micah Sterling | Watertown Daily Times | An avatar is: |
an electronic image of a computer user in a virtual space
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153 | Amazing-Grace Salami | Spellingbee In Nigeria | Something described as achromatic is lacking in: |
color
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154 | Sach Akella | Carolina Panthers | A person described as versatile has: |
a wide range of proficiencies
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155 | Holden Good | Carolina Panthers | Something described as orthogonal: |
intersects at right angles
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156 | Aishwarya Kallakuri | Carolina Panthers | Tractability is the quality of being: |
easily taught or managed
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157 | Kushi Gottimukkala | Carolina Panthers | Something described as volatile: |
tends to erupt into violent action
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158 | Johannes Roxburgh | Duke University Office of Durham & Community Affairs | If something is described as kindred, it is: |
good-natured
Correct answer: related
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161 | Swayzee Brown | Johnston County Public Schools | What does it mean to obliterate? |
destroy completely
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162 | Chilaka Ugobi | ND Association of County Superintendents | An expedition is a type of: |
journey
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163 | Zach Yeager | Akron Beacon Journal | Someone described as boisterous is: |
full of exuberant spirits
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164 | Joseph Keffer | Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism | Another word for abominable is: |
horrible
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166 | Rujva Patel | WCPO 9 | A material described as pliant is: |
flexible
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167 | Avinav Prem Anand | Columbus Blue Jackets | What does it mean to expostulate? |
reason earnestly in order to dissuade
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169 | Aurora Spisak | Wright State University | Taxidermy is: |
the art of preparing lifelike representations of animals by stuffing the skin
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170 | Hiro Bernhardsson | Educational Service Center of Lorain County | If you do something tenaciously, you do it with great: |
persistence
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171 | Jason Chukwuma-Eze | The Lima News | What does obstreperous mean? |
stubbornly defiant
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173 | Aadhya Adhikari | The Marietta Times | Something described as raucous is: |
disorderly
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174 | Brett Kuprowicz | The Times Leader | Something declamatory is: |
split into constituent layers
Correct answer: characterized by rhetorical display
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175 | Kaden Haddox | The Herald-Star | Déjà vu is: |
a sensation that one has heard or seen something before
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176 | Kendall Mehl | The Blade | A candid conversation is: |
sincere and honest
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178 | Annika Huang | Oklahoma City Community College | Something modular is: |
capable of being easily joined to or arranged with other parts or units
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179 | William Fuller | 2 News Oklahoma | An organelle is: |
a specialized part of a cell
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180 | Vittal Krishnamurthy | SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Portland | If something is described as combustible, it is: |
able to catch fire and burn
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182 | Akshaj Somisetty | Pennon Education | A chortle is: |
a sound expressing pleasure or joy
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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
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184 | Joey Anandh | Delaware County Intermediate Unit | Something described as elusive is: |
difficult to capture
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185 | Isaac Geremew | WHYY | An oracle is someone with: |
highly valued wisdom
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186 | Jayden Jiang | WHYY | What is a quota? |
the share assigned to each member of a body
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187 | Jane Ross | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | What is a mantra? |
a ritualistic incantation that is used in Buddhism and Hinduism
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188 | Rowena Cresswell-Blickley | Schuylkill Technology Center | A person described as a mentor is: |
a teacher
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189 | Anjali Agarwal | Diamond City Sports | What is a diatribe? |
a bitter, abusive, lengthy speech or piece of writing
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191 | Elliana Pagliarini | The Valley Breeze | Another word for revelation is: |
disclosure
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192 | John Donato | The Post and Courier | Where are you most likely to encounter a bailiff? |
in a courtroom
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193 | Connor Norton | Pee Dee Education Center | Something described as abject: |
exists in a low state or condition
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194 | Ahaan Jain | Carolina Panthers | Something olfactory: |
is connected with the sense of smell
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197 | Amanuel Gemechis | South Dakota News Watch | What is a cavalcade? |
a procession
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198 | Josh Verma | University of Memphis | What is a gastronome? |
a person who loves high-quality food and drink
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199 | Swetank Bangaru | Tennessee Titans | Pedantry is: |
ostentatious presentation of knowledge
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200 | Vidula Kalathur | Tennessee Titans | What does a plaintiff do? |
begins a lawsuit of some kind
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201 | Sariah Titus | Kiwanis Club of Abilene | What is a diva? |
a person who doesn't work well as part of a team
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202 | Arnie Parat | Education Credit Union | An accomplice is someone who: |
helps another commit a crime
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203 | Thevaan Butani | Rain Droplets Foundation | What does it mean to annotate? |
to make notes that accompany a piece of writing
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204 | Tarini Nandakumar | Rain Droplets Foundation | Something described as cacophonous is: |
marked by harsh or discordant sound
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205 | Isaac Cancio | KRIS Communications | What is another word for dawdle? |
loiter
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206 | Avishka Dudala | Dallas Sports Commission | Another word for prodigious is: |
immense
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207 | Faizan Zaki | Dallas Sports Commission | A person described as imperious is: |
overbearing
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208 | Shreyansh Zadoo | Dallas Sports Commission | Which of these is an example of mayhem? |
a felonious crime
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209 | Anaya Tonde | EPISD Education Foundation | Epoxy is: |
a glue
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210 | Brihasa Veduru | Fort Worth Public Library/Fort Worth Sports Commission | Another word for rejuvenate is: |
reinvigorate
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211 | Noah White | Houston Community College | What is depredation? |
the act of plundering or pillaging
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212 | Luke Nguyen | Houston Community College | Tungsten is a type of: |
metal
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213 | Zachary Teoh | Houston Community College | What does propulsion refer to? |
the action of driving forward
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214 | Alejandro Martinez | Laredo Morning Times | To enervate someone is: |
to make them weak or feeble
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215 | Michael Tesfaye | Ramar Communications | An addendum is: |
a supplementary item added to a book
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216 | Caleb Giuoco | Rio Grande Valley Newspapers - AIM Media Texas | What does it mean to ruminate? |
to carefully think about something
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217 | Shreeya Sivakumar | Midland Reporter-Telegram | What is a montage? |
a quick sequence of images that establishes theme, mood, or passage of time
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218 | Krish Patel | Ector County Independent School District | Someone described as squeamish: |
is easily nauseated
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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
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221 | Chev Bondoc | Victoria College | What is another word for shenanigans? |
pranks
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222 | Aarav Sargurunathan | Rapoport Holdings, LLC | Something described as minacious is: |
of a threatening character
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223 | Evan Fahie | The Virgin Islands Daily News | Which of the following would most likely be described as bleary? |
eyes or vision
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226 | Roshan Kaushik | The City Journals | If you forfeit something, you: |
lose the right to it because of an error or crime
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227 | Phoenix Newell | Vermont Principals Association | A stampede is: |
a sudden rush of frightened animals
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228 | Layla Barrett | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Danville Area | Why would you give kudos? |
as praise for an achievement
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230 | Nicholas Kokhan | Rockingham District Ruritans | Something described as celestial is: |
related to the sky
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231 | Viky Tanamala | Loudoun County Public Schools | What does it mean to flourish? |
to thrive
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232 | Vincent Chu | InsideNoVa/Prince William | What does minutia refer to? |
a small or precise detail
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233 | Nikita Ramakrishnan | Fairfax County Council PTA | To curtail is: |
to shorten in duration or scope
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234 | Nargiza Muzhapaer | Fairfax County Council PTA | Which of these would most likely be described as austere? |
an empty white room
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235 | Suhani Joshi | WHRO Public Media | What is another word for ghastly? |
terrible
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236 | Rory Grant | Radford University | If something is described as cohesive, it: |
fits together naturally and consistently
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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
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238 | Declan Mallady | Town Hall Seattle | What does it mean to indict someone? |
to charge them with a crime
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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
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240 | Nirav Nimbarte | The Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram | What is a thespian? |
an actor
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241 | Ethan Robert | Wisconsin State Journal | Who is most likely to throw a tantrum? |
a small child when tired or angry
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242 | Jacob Martonito | Wisconsin State Journal | Someone described as ingenuous is: |
sophisticated
Correct answer: naive
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243 | Eli Jernigan | Sweetwater County BOCES | Something done fervently is done: |
with a deep intensity of feeling
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