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The News-Review and the Roseburg Kiwanis Club will be once again sponsoring a Douglas County Spelling Bee on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at Wildlife Safari.
Words will appear every Monday on the Schools Page. The word list can also be accessed at our website, www.nrtoday.com by clicking on the ‘Spelling Bee' link under the Community tab or by directly entering www.nrtoday.com/spellingbee. The last word list will be published Feb. 13, 2012.
The County Spelling Bee champion will go home with a trophy and a new computer system. Trophies and other prizes will also be awarded through fourth place.
All districts, private schools, and home schooled students in the fifth through eighth grades are invited to participate. Students wishing to enter elimination rounds in their district need to sign up with their school's spelling bee coordinator. Home schooled students should contact the Home School Spelling Bee Coordinator at 541-679-1251.
For more information contact County Spelling Bee Co-Coordinator Rick Pasley at 541-957-4293 or rpasley@nrtoday.com. For questions regarding the website list, contact our news clerk at 541-957-4212 or newsclerk@nrtoday.com.
SPELLING WORDS:
concordat. A compact between a national government and a religious group establishing terms of agreement concerning matters of mutual interest. “Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII signed a concordat that the state of France should protect and acknowledge the Roman Catholic Church.”
misanthropic. Marked by a hatred or contempt for mankind. “The moral corruption the policeman witnessed caused him to become a misanthropic cynic.”
oscillometer. An instrument for measuring the changes in pulsations in the arteries. “Some blood pressure instruments are equipped with an oscillometer.”
extravasate. Pour out or erupt. “When extreme heat and pressure build within a volcano, molten lava may extravasate into the air.”
emanation. A quality issuing from a source. “The air was tainted with the musky emanation from the alligator pen.”
transmogrify. Change or alter in form, appearance, or structure often with grotesque or humorous effect. “Buford set out to transmogrify the hearse into a hot rod.”
citronella. A yellowish essential oil with lemonlike odor obtained from either of two grasses and used especially as an insect repellent. “Candies containing citronella were kept burning on the picnic table.”
electroretinograph. An instrument for recording electrical activity in the retina. The security device in the sci-fi film involved an electroretinograph, but the details were vague.”
eucalyptus. A tree or shrub native to western Australia. “Brad planted a eucalyptus in the vain hope of attracting koalas.”
piazza. An arcaded and often roofed gallery that often surrounds an open court. “Joe paced around the piazza.”
rhomboid. A parallelogram in which the angles are oblique and adjacent sides are unequal. “One of our geometry problems was to find the area of a rhomboid.”
nescient. Exhibiting or characterized by lack of knowledge or awareness: ignorant. “George's nescient response to the question about the plot demonstrated that he had not read the book.”
cabriole. A form of furniture leg that curves outward from the structure it supports and then descends in a tapering reverse curve terminating in an ornamental foot. “Lois had the table's broken cabriole replaced at great cost.”
ergot. A fungal disease of rye and other cereals. “An outbreak of ergot destroyed Mr. Kern's crop.”
aileron. A movable portion of an airplane wing for maintaining or restoring balance while flying. “An aileron is usually situated on a trailing wing edge.”
samphire. A fleshy European coastal plant that is sometimes pickled. “Daphne ordered the salad of samphire and other greens.”
catalepsy. A condition of suspended animation and loss of voluntary motion associated with hysteria and schizophrenia. “Doctors were confounded by Juan's catalepsy.”
herbaceous. Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a nonwoody plant. “Monique surrounded her patio with herbaceous perennials.”
mendacious. Given to deception or falsehood. “Dan called the umpire a mendacious varmint and stalked off the field.”
hypotrophy. Subnormal growth. “Nutritional deficiency resulted in hypotrophy among the aborigines.”
obsequious. Meanly or servilely attentive. “Marshall tends to be obsequious toward Mrs. Kirby.”
verdure. Fresh and green growing vegetation. “Joe walked back into the soft thick verdure of the hills and tramped until he was tired.”
solstitial. Of, relating to, or characteristic of one of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest; specifically: relating to the beginning of summer or winter. “Some cultures celebrate the beginning of summer with a solstitial carnival.”
fenestration. The arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a building. “Stylistic changes in fenestration have often reflected advances in the technology of glassmaking.”
armoire. A usually large and ornate cupboard, wardrobe, or clothespress. “Stella gave her armoire to her brother when she moved to Maryland.”
chamfer. A small groove: furrow. “The little spider made its web in the chamfer of a stone pillar.”
anorthopia. Distorted vision in which straight lines appear bent. “When Liz put on Jan's glasses, she was overcome with anorthopia.”
repartee. A succession of clever retorts. “Susie and Josh's repartee is so excessive that even their friends tire quickly of the constant retorts.”
halitosis. A condition of having bad breath. “The new mouthwash is advertised to cure halitosis.”
burgher. A resident of a town: townsman. “Every burgher showed up for Springfield's fireworks display.”
Words will appear every Monday on the Schools Page. The word list can also be accessed at our website, www.nrtoday.com by clicking on the ‘Spelling Bee' link under the Community tab or by directly entering www.nrtoday.com/spellingbee. The last word list will be published Feb. 13, 2012.
The County Spelling Bee champion will go home with a trophy and a new computer system. Trophies and other prizes will also be awarded through fourth place.
All districts, private schools, and home schooled students in the fifth through eighth grades are invited to participate. Students wishing to enter elimination rounds in their district need to sign up with their school's spelling bee coordinator. Home schooled students should contact the Home School Spelling Bee Coordinator at 541-679-1251.
For more information contact County Spelling Bee Co-Coordinator Rick Pasley at 541-957-4293 or rpasley@nrtoday.com. For questions regarding the website list, contact our news clerk at 541-957-4212 or newsclerk@nrtoday.com.
SPELLING WORDS:
concordat. A compact between a national government and a religious group establishing terms of agreement concerning matters of mutual interest. “Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII signed a concordat that the state of France should protect and acknowledge the Roman Catholic Church.”
misanthropic. Marked by a hatred or contempt for mankind. “The moral corruption the policeman witnessed caused him to become a misanthropic cynic.”
oscillometer. An instrument for measuring the changes in pulsations in the arteries. “Some blood pressure instruments are equipped with an oscillometer.”
extravasate. Pour out or erupt. “When extreme heat and pressure build within a volcano, molten lava may extravasate into the air.”
emanation. A quality issuing from a source. “The air was tainted with the musky emanation from the alligator pen.”
transmogrify. Change or alter in form, appearance, or structure often with grotesque or humorous effect. “Buford set out to transmogrify the hearse into a hot rod.”
citronella. A yellowish essential oil with lemonlike odor obtained from either of two grasses and used especially as an insect repellent. “Candies containing citronella were kept burning on the picnic table.”
electroretinograph. An instrument for recording electrical activity in the retina. The security device in the sci-fi film involved an electroretinograph, but the details were vague.”
eucalyptus. A tree or shrub native to western Australia. “Brad planted a eucalyptus in the vain hope of attracting koalas.”
piazza. An arcaded and often roofed gallery that often surrounds an open court. “Joe paced around the piazza.”
rhomboid. A parallelogram in which the angles are oblique and adjacent sides are unequal. “One of our geometry problems was to find the area of a rhomboid.”
nescient. Exhibiting or characterized by lack of knowledge or awareness: ignorant. “George's nescient response to the question about the plot demonstrated that he had not read the book.”
cabriole. A form of furniture leg that curves outward from the structure it supports and then descends in a tapering reverse curve terminating in an ornamental foot. “Lois had the table's broken cabriole replaced at great cost.”
ergot. A fungal disease of rye and other cereals. “An outbreak of ergot destroyed Mr. Kern's crop.”
aileron. A movable portion of an airplane wing for maintaining or restoring balance while flying. “An aileron is usually situated on a trailing wing edge.”
samphire. A fleshy European coastal plant that is sometimes pickled. “Daphne ordered the salad of samphire and other greens.”
catalepsy. A condition of suspended animation and loss of voluntary motion associated with hysteria and schizophrenia. “Doctors were confounded by Juan's catalepsy.”
herbaceous. Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a nonwoody plant. “Monique surrounded her patio with herbaceous perennials.”
mendacious. Given to deception or falsehood. “Dan called the umpire a mendacious varmint and stalked off the field.”
hypotrophy. Subnormal growth. “Nutritional deficiency resulted in hypotrophy among the aborigines.”
obsequious. Meanly or servilely attentive. “Marshall tends to be obsequious toward Mrs. Kirby.”
verdure. Fresh and green growing vegetation. “Joe walked back into the soft thick verdure of the hills and tramped until he was tired.”
solstitial. Of, relating to, or characteristic of one of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest; specifically: relating to the beginning of summer or winter. “Some cultures celebrate the beginning of summer with a solstitial carnival.”
fenestration. The arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a building. “Stylistic changes in fenestration have often reflected advances in the technology of glassmaking.”
armoire. A usually large and ornate cupboard, wardrobe, or clothespress. “Stella gave her armoire to her brother when she moved to Maryland.”
chamfer. A small groove: furrow. “The little spider made its web in the chamfer of a stone pillar.”
anorthopia. Distorted vision in which straight lines appear bent. “When Liz put on Jan's glasses, she was overcome with anorthopia.”
repartee. A succession of clever retorts. “Susie and Josh's repartee is so excessive that even their friends tire quickly of the constant retorts.”
halitosis. A condition of having bad breath. “The new mouthwash is advertised to cure halitosis.”
burgher. A resident of a town: townsman. “Every burgher showed up for Springfield's fireworks display.”
