Spelling Bee

Question 1

A figure of speech in which an affirmative is expressed by the negation of its opposite, as in “no small problem”

Answer 1

litotes

Question 2

A ludicrous misuse of a word

Answer 2

malapropism

Question 3

a newly coined word, phase, or expression, or a new meaning for an old word

Answer 3

neologism

Question 4

long and ponderous, polysyllabic; given to using long words

Answer 4

sesqupedalian

Question 5

wordy and tedious, tending to speak or write at great length

Answer 5

prolixity

Question 6

capable of being refracted

Answer 6

re-frangible

Question 7

a bright light around the shadow of person’s head caused by diffraction and reflection of sunlight by dewdrops

Answer 7

heiligenschein

Question 8

one who admires Greece or the Greeks

Answer 8

philhellene

Question 9

government by holy men, such as priests

Answer 9

hagiarcy

Question 10

conductive or favorable to health or well-being

Answer 10

salubrious

Question 11

a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses abreast

Answer 11

quadriga

Question 12

additional explanation or explanatory material

Answer 12

epexegesis

Question 13

The four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH or JHVH and used as a biblical proper name for god

Answer 13

tetragrammaton

Question 14

light, bantering style in writing or speaking, idle, very good natured banter

Answer 14

persiflage

Question 15

to deceive by means of a petty trick or fraud

Answer 15

cozen

Question 16

a space, especially a small or narrow one, between things or parts

Answer 16

interstice

Question 17

laborious study or writing

Answer 17

lucubration

Question 18

abusively detractive language or utterance; loss or damage to one’s reputation

Answer 18

obloquy

Question 19

capable of laughing or inclined to laugh

Answer 19

risible

Question 20

compensation or payment for an office or employment

Answer 20

emolument

Question 21

of such a fine texture as to be transparent or translucent

Answer 21

diaphanous

Question 22

the deformation of the crust of the earth by which continents and oceanic basins, or parts of these, are formed

Answer 22

epeirogeny