2024 Results
Round 5 - Vocabulary Round
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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 46th place (tied).
| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Question | Answer Given |
| 4 | Aliyah Alpert | Arizona Educational Foundation | If something is heterodox, it: |
diverges from a traditional point of view
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| 8 | Aarav Balani | The Ministry of Education | Something described as tandem: |
has no logical order or arrangement
Correct answer: consists of two elements arranged one behind the other
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| 13 | Shradha Rachamreddy | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | What is a sobriquet? |
a fanciful nickname
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| 18 | Rishabh Saha | SNSB Region One Bee | Someone described as swaggering has: |
a pompous or arrogant manner
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| 19 | Avi Randhawa | Riverside County Office of Education | A person described as woozy is: |
experiencing dizziness, mild nausea, or weakness
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| 20 | Nithika Rangan | TCG Memorial Academy | What does it mean to wrangle? |
engage in argument
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| 22 | Shrey Parikh | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | What is an acronym? |
a word formed from the initial letters of other words
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| 24 | Ben Evans | ABC 10News | Something described as sectarian is: |
confined to the limits of one group
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| 31 | Aditi Muthukumar | The Denver Post | Someone exhibiting bellicosity is: |
showily aggressive
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| 32 | Hayden Hughes | Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society | What does ameliorate mean? |
to make something better
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| 37 | Claire Smith | SNSB Region Two Bee | What is a calliope? |
a musical instrument consisting of a series of whistles
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| 45 | Vel Sethirayar | Orange County Public Schools | Xenophobia is the fear of: |
strangers or foreigners
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| 47 | Bruhat Soma | Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund | What is a troglodyte? |
a primitive cave dweller
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| 51 | Sarv Dharavane | Georgia Association of Educators | What is an ideogram? |
a symbol that represents a thing or an idea but not a particular word or phrase for it
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| 54 | N'Adom Darko-Asare | Young Educators Foundation | What does it mean to be rife with something? |
to be abounding with it
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| 55 | Alleena Villaluz | Rotary Club of Guam | If something is lackluster, it is: |
dull and uninspired
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| 72 | Reid Shaw | SNSB Region Three Bee | Someone described as strapping has: |
an unkempt or disheveled appearance
Correct answer: a vigorously sturdy physique
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| 80 | Carey Chesire | Kansas Press Association | What is a spore? |
a tiny body used by a living thing to reproduce itself
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| 86 | Zachary Rara | Louisville Free Public Library | What is an ohm? |
a unit of electric resistance
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| 93 | Quint Karlsson | Anne Arundel County Public Schools | Something done tacitly is done in a manner that is: |
implied but not actually expressed
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| 96 | Navya Dwivedi | Howard County Library | What does it mean to spurn something? |
reject it with contempt
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| 105 | Joshua Diocares | Kent Intermediate School District | 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
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| 111 | Aryan Khedkar | Oakland Schools Education Foundation | If a person has been vindicated, they have been: |
freed from error or guilt
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| 118 | William Rausch | The Minnesota Service Cooperatives | Something described as trite is: |
commonplace
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| 124 | Garrett Fry | Mid-Continent Public Library | Something described as scathing is: |
bitterly severe
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| 127 | Kunal Patel | A.C.E.S. | An actor's repertoire is: |
the costume that they wear in a performance
Correct answer: the parts that they are prepared to perform
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| 129 | Sonia Kulkarni | Saint Louis University | If something is described as verdant, it is: |
green with vegetation
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| 131 | Sarah Fernandes | Omaha Sports Commission | What is contraband? |
goods forbidden from being imported or exported
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| 134 | Amritanshu Pradhan | New Hampshire Union Leader | What are tresses? |
rolling hills
Correct answer: long locks of hair
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| 139 | Harini Murali | Press Communications | What is a wayfarer? |
one who travels, especially on foot
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| 145 | YY Liang | ScholarSkills for STARS | What is a keystone? |
the wedge-shaped piece at the crown of an arch
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| 151 | Leah Rini | Champlain Valley Educational Services | Which would you most likely quaff? |
a bottle of water
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| 153 | Micah Sterling | Watertown Daily Times | How would you describe an oracular tone? |
wise and solemn
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| 154 | Aishwarya Kallakuri | Carolina Panthers | What is an iconoclast? |
one who attacks established beliefs, ideals, customs, or institutions
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| 155 | Ananya Prassanna | Carolina Panthers | A person described as recalcitrant is: |
stubbornly disobedient
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| 168 | Avinav Prem Anand | SNSB Region Two Bee | Something that is dolorous: |
expresses sorrow or affliction
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| 172 | Ope Balogun | The Lima News | What is conscription? |
the printing of an alternate currency
Correct answer: compulsory enrollment into the armed forces
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| 177 | Advait Nishit | SNSB Region Two Bee | What is a clunker? |
a loud and crowded party
Correct answer: a dilapidated automobile
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| 179 | Joey Constantine | WFMJ Television, Inc. | What is a diatribe? |
a tube made of plastic for moving compressed gases
Correct answer: a bitter, abusive, lengthy speech or piece of writing
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| 182 | Rubina Wiedemer | Telemundo Portland | Someone described as agog is: |
full of intense interest or excitement
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| 188 | Leul Geremew | WHYY | What is a hippodrome? |
an arena for equestrian performances
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| 196 | Connor Norton | Pee Dee Education Center | Something described as abiotic is: |
not produced by living organisms
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| 197 | Logan Edwards | Carolina Panthers | What is a parapet? |
a raised rampart in a fortification
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| 200 | Josh Verma | University of Memphis | What is a reprobate? |
a sum of money discounted from a purchase
Correct answer: a depraved or unprincipled person
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| 204 | Jayden Zheng | Education Credit Union | What is a tête-à-tête? |
a private conversation between two persons
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| 205 | Tarini Nandakumar | Sweet Success ATX | What does it mean to interdict? |
to introduce
Correct answer: to prohibit
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| 207 | Faizan Zaki | Dallas Sports Commission | Braggadocio is: |
empty boasting
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| 208 | Sriya Gomatam | Dallas Sports Commission | Zaniness is the state of being: |
fantastically absurd
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| 209 | Chioma Egbuonu | EPISD Education Foundation | If two things dovetail, they: |
proceed along parallel paths
Correct answer: fit together in a unified whole
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| 210 | Tanya Kadaru | Texas Christian University | Something described as holistic is concerned with: |
knowledge gathered through revelation
Correct answer: complete systems rather than only parts
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| 211 | Ishika Varipilli | Houston Community College | Something described as swanky is: |
crooked or lopsided
Correct answer: fashionably elegant
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| 212 | Kirsten Santos | Houston Community College | Someone described as zestful is distinguished by: |
their vitality and keen enjoyment
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| 213 | Vir Lagad | Houston Community College | What is didacticism? |
a quality of conveying instruction
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| 229 | Oviya Amalraj | Loudoun County Public Schools | What is a klaxon? |
an English goose known for its shrill cry
Correct answer: an electrically operated horn or warning signal
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| 230 | Claire Meng | SNSB Region Four Bee | What is ecru? |
a color
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| 236 | Nargiza Muzhapaer | Fairfax County Council PTA | Otolaryngology is the study of: |
the ear, nose, and throat
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| 237 | Rohith Konduri | WHRO Public Media | What does it mean to conflate things? |
to merge them together
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| 240 | Declan Mallady | Town Hall Seattle | Someone described as dilettantish: |
shows frivolous or superficial interest
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| 243 | Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya | Wisconsin State Journal | What is a greenhorn? |
an inexperienced person
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