2024 Results
Round 7 - Vocabulary Round
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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 17th place (tied).
| No. | Speller's Name | Speller's Sponsor | Question | Answer Given |
| 4 | Aliyah Alpert | Arizona Educational Foundation | Someone described as quixotic tends to be: |
idealistic
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| 13 | Shradha Rachamreddy | San Ramon Valley Rotary Club | Where would one find the antipodes? |
on the opposite side of the earth
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| 18 | Rishabh Saha | SNSB Region One Bee | If something is described as brackish, it is: |
salty
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| 19 | Avi Randhawa | Riverside County Office of Education | What does it mean to be mercurial? |
characterized by unpredictable changeableness
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| 22 | Shrey Parikh | San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools | What is terra firma? |
dry land or solid ground
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| 31 | Aditi Muthukumar | The Denver Post | What does it mean to welter? |
to toss about, as in waves
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| 37 | Claire Smith | SNSB Region Two Bee | 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 | Vel Sethirayar | Orange County Public Schools | Ochre is: |
a moderate orange yellow color
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| 47 | Bruhat Soma | Rays Baseball Foundation and Rowdies Soccer Fund | Something described as dilatory would cause: |
delay
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| 111 | Aryan Khedkar | Oakland Schools Education Foundation | A pueblo is a type of: |
settlement
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| 129 | Sonia Kulkarni | Saint Louis University | What is another word for gainsay? |
earn
Correct answer: contradict
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| 131 | Sarah Fernandes | Omaha Sports Commission | A person described as a desperado is: |
a bandit
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| 139 | Harini Murali | Press Communications | Someone described as censorious is given to: |
discovering and condemning social or moral errors
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| 145 | YY Liang | ScholarSkills for STARS | What is a fjord? |
a deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs
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| 155 | Ananya Prassanna | Carolina Panthers | Another word for aplomb is: |
poise
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| 182 | Rubina Wiedemer | Telemundo Portland | 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 | Kirsten Santos | Houston Community College | Something that is baleful is: |
evil
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| 213 | Vir Lagad | Houston Community College | What is a bugbear? |
a carnivorous plant
Correct answer: a continuing source of irritation
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| 237 | Rohith Konduri | WHRO Public Media | What is an exegesis? |
a critical interpretation of a text
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| 243 | Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya | Wisconsin State Journal | A toady is a person who: |
will not pay their debts
Correct answer: acts in a submissive manner
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