NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — For all the talk about roots and origins of words, you’d think you were listening to etymology professors — not middle schoolers. The...
To advance to the semifinals,and 46 others had to spell three words and answer a question about the meaning of a word from a list of answer choices correctly — a component organizers added last year to “further advance the Bee’s focus on word knowledge and literacy.”
One of these questions eventually perplexed Veduru, who incorrectly answered one Wednesday about the meaning of the word ragout. Bharatia also failed to advance to Thursday’s finals after misspelling the word ostreger.Obnebulate: to darken, dim or cover as if with a cloud. Blondinette: a breed of small plump show pigeons that are bred in several colors. A characteristic of the blondinette is its peaked crest.Novatian: one of an early Christian schismatic sect existing from A.D. 251 to the 6th or 7th century that denied that the church should restore lapsed Christians to membership and advocated a rigidly purist conception of church membership.
Ostreger: a keeper of long-tailed hawks with short, rounded wings. Bharatia misspelled this as “austriger.”The meaning of cupidity: a strong desire for wealth.Anicca: evanescence or impermanence of existence, an essential doctrine of Buddhism.Nucament: a floral spike with scaly bracts and flowers without petals.The meaning of supplicate: request modestly of someone or something.
The meaning of ragout: a well-seasoned meat and vegetables dish cooked in a thick sauce. Veduru answered that the word meant a diverse group of people.. Emily Caldwell is covering politics in Washington for The Dallas Morning News. She is from College Station, Texas, and graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 2021 with degrees in journalism and Latin American studies.
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