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Spelling Bee 8th
Spelling Bee 8th Grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kelvin | the base unit in temperature |
| aborigine | an aboriginal inhabitant |
| feral | relating to a wild beast |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir |
| elocution | a style of speaking in public |
| succinct | a compact, precise expression without wasted words |
| quotient | the number result from the division of one number from another number |
| yeti | abomidable snowman |
| monstrosity | state or quality of being monstrous |
| rambunctious | marked my uncontrolable exuberance |
| surmountable | to surpass |
| curmudgeon | crusty, bad-tempered,usually an old man |
| herringbone | a pattern made up of two parallel lines |
| millennium | a thousand years |
| convivial | fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| payrus | a plant cut into strips and pressed to write on |
| impudent | obsolete: lacking modesty |
| legalese | specialized language of the legal profression |
| concomitant | accompaning by an incidental way |
| jalapeno | a dark plump green chilli pepper |
| zigzaggedness | a pattern made up of small corners at variable angles |
| lugubrious | exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful |
| toxicosis | a condition caused by the action of a poison or toxin |
| olympiad | 4-year intervals between Olympic Games |
| woebegone | strongly affected with misery |
| kanji | a Japanese system of writing that they adapted from Chinese writing |
| supplicate | to pray to God |
| abacus | an instrument to perform calculations by sliding |
| uvula | a pendant fleshy lobe |
| peripheral | involving blood circulation |
| hexagonal | having six angles and six sides |
| affectation | speech that is not natural to oneself |
| biscotti | a crisp cookie or biscuit that originated from Italy |
| effervescent | to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes |
| propaganda | to spread ideas, information, or rumors for the purpose of helping or injuring a person |
| cinematographer | photographing with a motion picture camera |
| narcoleptic | a chronic sleeping disorder |
| quizzical | mildly teasing or mocking |
| anthropology | the science of human beings |
| tandoori | a cylindrical clay oven used in cooking and baking |
| magnificently | great in deed or exalted in place |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest |
| nonnegotiable | little or no consequence:unimportant |
| orthographize | to apply the rules of correct spelling |
| decaffeinate | to extract caffeine from |
| gigabyte | 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes; also : one billion bytes |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business |
| froufrou | showy or frilly ornamentation |
| hypochondria | extreme depression of minds and spirts |
| variegated | to have discrete markings of different colors |
| sabotage | an act tending to hamper or hurt |
| pestilence | something that is destructive |
| incendiary | a weapon that is used to start fires |
| malleable | having the ability of being able to be altered or controlled by outside forces or influences |
| annexation | to join together materially |
| quadrilateral | a polygon with four sides |
| reticualted | to cover or mark with a network |
| Mesopotamian | the whole Tigris-Euphrates valley |
| chaperonage | escort |
| tempestuous | resembling a tempest |
| endocrine | producing secretions that are distributed in the body by way of the bloodstream |
| mauve | a strong purple |
| intermittent | not continuous |
| duodenum | the first part of the small intestine |
| grotesqueness | fanciful, bizarre |
| flagellum | the thin distal part of an antenna |
| Pompeii | an ancient city in Italy |
| nepotism | favoritism |
| resplendence | splendor |
| cytoplasm | the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus,it contains the cytosol, organelles,and the cytoskeleton |
| phalanx | a mass arrangment of people, animals, or things |
| elucidate | to give a clarifying explanation |
| arabesque | a pose in ballet: the dancer stands on one leg with one arm extended in front and the other leg and arm extended behind |
| regurgitate | to be thrown or poured back |
| bereavement | being deprived of something or someone |
| virulently | extremely poisonous or venomous |
| nebulosity | a nebulous form, shape, or mass |
| doughtily | valient and brave |
| jingoism | a nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| polypeptide | molecular chain of amino acids |
| crepuscular | resembling twilight |
| serotonin | a neurotransmitter that is involved in sleep, depression, memory, and other neurological processes |
| aquiline | resembling the curve of an eagle's beak |
| xanthic | pertaining to a yellow or a yellowish color |
| seismologist | a scientist that studies earthquakes and with artificially produced vibrations of the earth |
| euphonious | pleasing to the ear |
| heremetically | to be airtight |
| ululate | a howl or wail |
| flammeous | consisting of flame |
| effulgent | radiant splendor: brilliance |
| plantigrade | walking on the sole of your foot with the heel touching the ground |
| tenebrific | causing gloom or darkness |
| silhouette | the outline of a body viewed as circumscribing a mass |
| leviathan | a sea monster or something large and formidable |
| kinesiology | the study of the principles of mechanics and anatomy that relate to human movement |
| apocalyptic | a forecasting of the ultimate destiny of the world. Prophetic |
| cumulonimbus | a cumulus cloud having a low base and often spread out in the shape of an anvil at great heights |
| oscillation | a single swing from one extreme limit to the other |
| roux | a cooked mixture of flour and fat used for thickening in a soup or a sauce |
| yeoman | a person attending or assisting another |
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