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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:
tufaceous. of or resembling a rock composed of the finer kinds of volcanic debris. “Many buildings in Italy are constructed of tufaceous rock.”
edelweiss. a small perennial herb growing high in the Alps. “Iva recognized the edelweiss by its distinctive white petals.”
chiragra. pain in the hand. “Aunt Molly's chiragra keeps her from writing many letters.”
vicontiel. of or relating to a viscount or sheriff. “Robin Hood was wanted by the vicontiel authorities of several counties.”
ileitis. inflammation of the lower small intestine. “Stella mistook her ileitis for indigestion.”
seneschal. an administrative or judicial officer (as a governor) in a city or province. “Ulfred waited for the seneschal to review his application.”
salmonellosis. infection with a bacterial disease typically marked by gastroenteritis, but often complicated by septicemia, meningitis, and other conditions. “Vaughn contracted salmonellosis while on the cruise.”
phosphoresce. glow, especially in the dark. “Emmet's jigsaw puzzle will phosphoresce after being exposed to a strong light source.”
incunabulum. a book printed before 1501. “Alfred was looking at an incunabulum in the British Library when he met his future wife.”
arabesque. an ornament employing plant or animal outlines or forms to produce an interlacing line pattern. “Stacy traced the arabesque from a picture in a magazine.”
mignonette. an annual plant native to North Africa that has long racemes of fragrant yellow or greenish white flowers. “Lord Bateman sent seeds of mignonette to England in 1742.”
telamon. a male figure used as a supporting column. “Anita had her picture taken beside a telamon.”
empennage. the tail assembly of an aircraft. “The fighter plane crashed after a missile blew off its empennage.”
pericope. a specific selection extracted from a book. “Rev. Lightfoot used a pericope from the book of Proverbs as the text for his sermon.”
mistassini. a dwarf primrose of northern and alpine America. “Ava saw a mistassini growing in a rock crevice.”
reprimand. reprove severely, chide for a fault, or censure formally and with authority. “Dean felt guilty as he began to reprimand Shirley; was the blame partially his?”
slanderous. containing or constituting utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage reputation. “The governor condemned as slanderous the speeches of the labor leader.”
recuperate. recover health or strength. “Aaron spent a month in Florida to recuperate after the campaign.”
verbatim. word for word, an exact iteration. “Darlene wore a garish tie and quoted the speech of Mr. Burns verbatim.”
intrepid. characterized by resolute fearlessness in meeting dangers or hardships and enduring them with fortitude. “Bob's military honors attest to his intrepid character.”
potentate. one who possesses great power or sway, a ruler. “Barry acts more like a potentate than a leader in his role as class president.”
pedestrian. marked by drabness or dullness, commonplace. “The critic wrote the play off as a pedestrian imitation of Shakespeare.”
aerosol. a substance and a propellant in a container with a valve through which the substance is dispensed as a suspension of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles in air or gas. “Soon after Ernie sprayed the fragrant aerosol, he began to sneeze.”
zany. fantastically or irrationally ludicrous or crazy. “Zany Marvin won the senior superlative ‘craziest.'”
artichoke. the flower head of a tall herb that resembles a thistle and is cooked as a vegetable. “Norm demonstrated the proper way to eat an artichoke.”
beseech. to plead earnestly. “Margaret put on her most dejected look to beseech her father to give her the car keys.”
confiscate. seize by or as if by public authority. “After a two-hour wait, the border guard decided not to confiscate Brenda's antique necklace.”
dissipate. separate into parts and scatter, disperse or disappear. “The use of rubber bullets did not cause the mob to dissipate.”
humanitarian. a person who is actively concerned in promoting human welfare and especially social reform. “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will always be remembered as a great humanitarian.”
parasite. an organism living in or on another living organism and obtaining from it part or all of its organic nutriment. “Sachio likened his brother-in-law's self-indulgent behavior to that of a parasite.”
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:
tufaceous. of or resembling a rock composed of the finer kinds of volcanic debris. “Many buildings in Italy are constructed of tufaceous rock.”
edelweiss. a small perennial herb growing high in the Alps. “Iva recognized the edelweiss by its distinctive white petals.”
chiragra. pain in the hand. “Aunt Molly's chiragra keeps her from writing many letters.”
vicontiel. of or relating to a viscount or sheriff. “Robin Hood was wanted by the vicontiel authorities of several counties.”
ileitis. inflammation of the lower small intestine. “Stella mistook her ileitis for indigestion.”
seneschal. an administrative or judicial officer (as a governor) in a city or province. “Ulfred waited for the seneschal to review his application.”
salmonellosis. infection with a bacterial disease typically marked by gastroenteritis, but often complicated by septicemia, meningitis, and other conditions. “Vaughn contracted salmonellosis while on the cruise.”
phosphoresce. glow, especially in the dark. “Emmet's jigsaw puzzle will phosphoresce after being exposed to a strong light source.”
incunabulum. a book printed before 1501. “Alfred was looking at an incunabulum in the British Library when he met his future wife.”
arabesque. an ornament employing plant or animal outlines or forms to produce an interlacing line pattern. “Stacy traced the arabesque from a picture in a magazine.”
mignonette. an annual plant native to North Africa that has long racemes of fragrant yellow or greenish white flowers. “Lord Bateman sent seeds of mignonette to England in 1742.”
telamon. a male figure used as a supporting column. “Anita had her picture taken beside a telamon.”
empennage. the tail assembly of an aircraft. “The fighter plane crashed after a missile blew off its empennage.”
pericope. a specific selection extracted from a book. “Rev. Lightfoot used a pericope from the book of Proverbs as the text for his sermon.”
mistassini. a dwarf primrose of northern and alpine America. “Ava saw a mistassini growing in a rock crevice.”
reprimand. reprove severely, chide for a fault, or censure formally and with authority. “Dean felt guilty as he began to reprimand Shirley; was the blame partially his?”
slanderous. containing or constituting utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage reputation. “The governor condemned as slanderous the speeches of the labor leader.”
recuperate. recover health or strength. “Aaron spent a month in Florida to recuperate after the campaign.”
verbatim. word for word, an exact iteration. “Darlene wore a garish tie and quoted the speech of Mr. Burns verbatim.”
intrepid. characterized by resolute fearlessness in meeting dangers or hardships and enduring them with fortitude. “Bob's military honors attest to his intrepid character.”
potentate. one who possesses great power or sway, a ruler. “Barry acts more like a potentate than a leader in his role as class president.”
pedestrian. marked by drabness or dullness, commonplace. “The critic wrote the play off as a pedestrian imitation of Shakespeare.”
aerosol. a substance and a propellant in a container with a valve through which the substance is dispensed as a suspension of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles in air or gas. “Soon after Ernie sprayed the fragrant aerosol, he began to sneeze.”
zany. fantastically or irrationally ludicrous or crazy. “Zany Marvin won the senior superlative ‘craziest.'”
artichoke. the flower head of a tall herb that resembles a thistle and is cooked as a vegetable. “Norm demonstrated the proper way to eat an artichoke.”
beseech. to plead earnestly. “Margaret put on her most dejected look to beseech her father to give her the car keys.”
confiscate. seize by or as if by public authority. “After a two-hour wait, the border guard decided not to confiscate Brenda's antique necklace.”
dissipate. separate into parts and scatter, disperse or disappear. “The use of rubber bullets did not cause the mob to dissipate.”
humanitarian. a person who is actively concerned in promoting human welfare and especially social reform. “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will always be remembered as a great humanitarian.”
parasite. an organism living in or on another living organism and obtaining from it part or all of its organic nutriment. “Sachio likened his brother-in-law's self-indulgent behavior to that of a parasite.”
