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Quiz about Winning National Spelling Bee Words
Quiz about Winning National Spelling Bee Words

Winning National Spelling Bee Words Quiz


A Spelling Bee, choose the correct word spelling from the list of four. All of the words are Winning National Spelling Bee words. I'll give you the first dictionary definition, unfortunately I can't give the pronunciation. Definitions taken from the Abri

A multiple-choice quiz by googoodoll1020. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
41,132
Updated
Oct 21 22
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
11 / 15
Plays
8483
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Question 1 of 15
1. Noun: A widely cultivated plant with sword-shaped leaves Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Adj.: Comprehensible Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Adj.: Something which misuses, desecrates, or profanes something sacred. Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Noun: An apparatus or system for making visual signals, as with flags, lights or movable arms. Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Noun: A green plant pigment essential in photosynthesis. Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Noun: A decorative design placed at the beginning or end of a book or a chapter. Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Noun: Joint Sovereignty. Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Noun: A servile flatterer of important people. Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Noun: A noncontagious skin inflammation marked by itching and sores that become crusty and scaly. Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Noun: A large, edible saltwater mollusk having an ear shaped shell. Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Verb: To soften or separate by soaking or steeping. Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Noun: A tooth adapted for cutting, located at the apex of the dental arch in mammals. Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Noun: A stone coffin. Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Noun: A racing sled for one or two persons. Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Noun: Environment; surroundings. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Noun: A widely cultivated plant with sword-shaped leaves

Answer: Gladiolus

Winning word in 1925.
2. Adj.: Comprehensible

Answer: Intelligible

Winning word in 1935.
3. Adj.: Something which misuses, desecrates, or profanes something sacred.

Answer: Sacrilegious

Winning word in 1942.
4. Noun: An apparatus or system for making visual signals, as with flags, lights or movable arms.

Answer: Semaphore

Winning word in 1946.
5. Noun: A green plant pigment essential in photosynthesis.

Answer: Chlorophyll

Winning word in 1947.
6. Noun: A decorative design placed at the beginning or end of a book or a chapter.

Answer: Vignette

Winning word in 1952. Interestingly, the third definition is: A brief literary sketch.
7. Noun: Joint Sovereignty.

Answer: Condominium

Winning word in 1956. The second definition is: An apartment building in which the apartments are owned individually. (A Condo-minimum must be a small apartment)
8. Noun: A servile flatterer of important people.

Answer: Sycophant

Winning word in 1964.
9. Noun: A noncontagious skin inflammation marked by itching and sores that become crusty and scaly.

Answer: Eczema

Winning word in 1965. What a nice definition!
10. Noun: A large, edible saltwater mollusk having an ear shaped shell.

Answer: Abalone

Winning word in 1968. That one was a gimme.
11. Verb: To soften or separate by soaking or steeping.

Answer: Macerate

Winning word in 1972. Second definition is: To emaciate usually by starvation.
12. Noun: A tooth adapted for cutting, located at the apex of the dental arch in mammals.

Answer: Incisor

Winning word in 1975. Another gimme.
13. Noun: A stone coffin.

Answer: Sarcophagus

Winning word in 1981. The adjective sarcophagous means flesh-eating.
14. Noun: A racing sled for one or two persons.

Answer: Luge

Winning word in 1984. Another Gimme.
15. Noun: {Environment;} surroundings.

Answer: Milieu

Winning word in 1985. From the French for 'Middle Place'
Source: Author googoodoll1020

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