2025 Results

Round 8 - Vocabulary Round

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Spellers eliminated in this round finished in 36th place (tied).
No. Speller's Name Speller's Sponsor Question Answer Given
4 Esha Marupudi Arizona Educational Foundation A monger is:
a person engaged in the sale of a product
12 Aren Lee San Ramon Valley Rotary Club What is a lacuna?
a play on words
Correct answer: a missing part
20 Oliver Halkett Los Angeles County Office of Education What is a juggernaut?
a massive, crushing force
21 Lawrence Ye Merced County Office of Education Something described as littoral is:
related to the sea shore
26 Hannah Kuo San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools If something is described as baroque, it:
has an elaborate design
30 Sarvadnya Kadam Tulare County Office of Education When people tithe their income, they:
give a tenth of it to a religious institution
35 Ved Raju The Denver Post Something described as febrile:
is characterized by fever
36 Nathan Settevendemie Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society What is an acclivity?
an ascending slope of a hill
39 Zwe Spacetime The Washington Informer Valhalla is a place of:
honor or glorification
42 Nicasio David Lee County Spelling Bee Another word for blithesome is:
oppressive
Correct answer: cheery
43 Sree Vidya Siliveri WJXT What does it mean to disenfranchise someone?
to deprive them of a right, such as voting
45 Nikhil Sha Miami Herald A person described as gauche is:
lacking in social graces
53 Sarv Dharavane Georgia Association of Educators What is a diminuendo?
a gradual decrease in loudness
70 Yahya Mohammed Kane County Regional Office of Education What is a basilisk?
an oblong building ending in a semicircular altar
Correct answer: a mythological reptile with poisonous breath that can kill with a single glance
85 Zachary Rara Louisville Free Public Library A fusillade is:
a number of shots fired simultaneously
96 Lauren Merillana The Meakem Group What is celerity?
rapidity of motion or action
102 Adarsh Venkannagari The Daily Item What is effrontery?
arrogant boldness
136 Harini Murali SNSB Region Three Bee What does it mean to convalesce?
to get well gradually after being sick
138 Ishaan Gupta Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs If something is described as endogenous, it:
originates from within the body
144 Brian Liu SNSB Region Four Bee Something described as meandrous is:
winding and rambling
147 Jay Nayak NYC Department of Education What is another word for juvenescence?
youthfulness
155 Holden Good Carolina Panthers What is a tetralogy?
a series of four connected works
156 Aishwarya Kallakuri Carolina Panthers What does it mean to ossify?
to become callous or hardened
162 Chilaka Ugobi ND Association of County Superintendents What is a pyroclast?
a fragment of expelled volcanic material
163 Zach Yeager Akron Beacon Journal What does it mean to inveigle someone?
to sentence them to punishment
Correct answer: to manipulate them with ingenuity or flattery
166 Rujva Patel WCPO 9 The term vox populi is used to refer to:
common opinion
167 Avinav Prem Anand Columbus Blue Jackets What is timbre?
the quality of tone distinctive of a singing voice or an instrument
180 Vittal Krishnamurthy SagamoreHill Broadcasting of Portland A person described as magniloquent:
uses bombastic, high-flown language
182 Akshaj Somisetty Pennon Education If something is arborescent, it:
resembles a tree
192 John Donato The Post and Courier A person described as a samaritan is:
compassionate and eager to help
200 Vidula Kalathur Tennessee Titans Someone described as latitudinarian:
does not insist on strict enforcement of standards or norms
202 Arnie Parat Education Credit Union A neologism refers to:
a new word or expression
205 Isaac Cancio KRIS Communications What is a scimitar?
a sword with a curved blade
207 Faizan Zaki Dallas Sports Commission Something described as sidereal relates to:
stars or constellations
210 Brihasa Veduru Fort Worth Public Library/Fort Worth Sports Commission What is recidivism?
repeated relapse into previous modes of behavior
220 Siyona Kandala BASIS Ed Texas and BASIS Texas Charter Schools, Inc. A person described as egalitarian:
believes that all persons are equal
226 Roshan Kaushik The City Journals Something described as frangible is capable of:
mutual substitution
Correct answer: being broken
234 Nargiza Muzhapaer Fairfax County Council PTA Someone who has atherosclerosis:
has fatty deposits in their arteries
238 Declan Mallady Town Hall Seattle What is a raconteur known for?
well-told stories
241 Ethan Robert Wisconsin State Journal What does thermophilic mean?
of, relating to, or being an organism growing at a high temperature