Spelling Bee
A joint that connects your hand to your arm
Wrist
Identify the error: "The list of items are on the desk."
is, not are, since 'list' is singular
To avoid like the ____
Plague
This word for a long, adventurous journey comes from the name of an ancient Greek hero famous for his 10-year trip home after the Trojan War.
Odyssey
TBL
Table
A small, narrow space between things.
Crevice
This is the term for the person, place, thing, or idea that performs the action in a sentence. (e.g., "The cat slept.")
Subject
Go with the ____
Flow
This word for a peaceful, ideal place comes from the title of a 1516 book by Sir Thomas More. It literally means "no-place" in Greek.
Utopia
WNDW
Window
The act of giving up a high-ranking position
Abidicate
Identify the grammatical error in this sentence: "She graduated college last year." (Hint: It's a missing preposition.)
She graduated from college last year.
____ as a clam
Happy
This word for a government's strict control over information comes from a government minister in charge of morals in ancient Rome.
Censorship
PRDCT
Predict, Product
Perceived through insight rather than fact
Intuition
This is the name for a clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence because it expresses a complete thought.
Independent clause
Don't cry over ______ ___
Spilled milk
This word for extremely talkative comes from the name of a Greek nymph who was cursed to never stop talking.
Nymphomaniac
OOAOOEIA
Onomatopoeia
Very obvious in an offensive or embarrassing way.
conspicuous
Identify and fix the error: "The two twins are both identical."
Error: Redundancy. Correction: "The twins are identical." (The words "two" and "both" are redundant because "twins" means two, and "identical" implies they are both the same.)
Dead as a ______
Doornail
This word for the fear of long words is famously long itself, and is often used ironically.
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
PRLLL
Parallel