NAMKC Knanaya Sangamam 2024 Spelling Bee Senior

Abscess

A localized collection of pus in tissues of the body.

Accessible

Easy to approach.

Accommodate

To do a kindness or a favor to; oblige.

Accordion

A musical instrument.

Annulment

The declaration that annuls a marriage.

Appellate

Of or pertaining to appeals.

Assassin

A murderer, especially in politics.

Atrium

The central room of an ancient Roman house.

Automaton

Another word for a robot.

Baboon

A large monkey found in Africa or Arabia.

Laud

To praise or extol

Laugh

To express pleasure audibly

League

A unit of distance, usually about 3 miles

Lectern

A stand with a slanted top, used for speeches or books

Lecture

A speech read or delivered before an audience

Legible

Capable of being read or deciphered with ease

Leisure

Freedom from the demands of work

Length

The longest extent of something from end to end

Leopard

A large, spotted cat of Asia or Africa

Lesion

An injury; hurt; wound

Levy

Imposing or collecting, as a tax, by force or authority

Liaison

Contact maintained between groups for cooperation

Libelous

Maliciously defamatory

Lieutenant

A military rank

Lightning

A brilliant electric spark discharge

Limousine

A large, luxurious car, often chauffeur-driven

Liquor

A distilled or spiritous beverage

Loge

The front section of the lowest balcony in a theater

Lubricant

A substance for lessening friction

Lucid

Easily understood; completely understandable

Terrace

A raised level with a vertical or sloping front or sides.

Thaw

To pass from a frozen to a liquid state.

Theme

A subject of discourse or discussion.

Thief

A person who steals.

Tight

Firmly or closely fixed in place.

Tissue

Refers to tissue paper.

Toad

An amphibian, a close relative of the frog.

Toast

Sliced bread that has been browned by heat.

Toboggan

A long, narrow, flat-bottomed sled.

Tombstone

A marker on a tomb or grave.

Tough

Strong and durable.

Trample

To tread or stamp heavily.

Tricycle

A three-wheeled vehicle for children.

Typewriter

A machine to produce letters and characters on paper.

Ukulele

A small, guitar-like instrument.

Unanswerable

Not capable of being answered.

Unconscious

Without awareness or cognition.

Vacuum

A space entirely devoid of matter.

Vanilla

Refers to the flavor.

Villain

A cruelly malicious person.

Warranty

Assurance.

Weigh

To determine the force of gravity on an object by using a scale.

Weird

Unearthly or uncanny.

Wield

To exercise power or authority.

Yacht

A private cruising vessel.

Yolk

The yellow substance of an egg.