School Bee Words
Pronunciation: /twigs/ Definition: a small shoot or branch usually without its leaves Origin: Middle English Part of Speech: plural noun
twigs
Pronunciation: /note-buhk/ Definition: a book for notes. Origin: English Part of Speech: noun
notebook
Pronunciation: /deks-ter-uh-tee/ Definition: especially: skill and ease in using the hands Origin: Middle French Part of Speech: noun
dexterity
Pronunciation: /ek-staa-tick/ Definition: marked by a state of overwhelming emotion. Origin: Greek Part of Speech: adjective
ecstatic
Who was the 3rd President of the United States of America?
Thomas Jefferson
Pronunciation: /dis-stress/ Definition: a painful situation Origin: Middle English Part of Speech: noun
distress
Pronunciation: /duh-li-shus/ Definition: appealing to one of the bodily senses especially of taste or smell Origin: Latin Part of Speech: adjective
delicious
Pronunciation: /fai-buhr-glas/ Definition: a glass in fibrous form used to make various products Origin: English Part of Speech: noun
fiberglass
Pronunciation: /per-suh-vir-ruhns/ Definition: continued effort to do or achieve despite the difficulties Origin: Latin Part of Speech: noun
perseverance
What is the 5th Planet away from the sun in our solar system?
Jupiter
Pronunciation: /pe-puhr-korn/ Definition: the small round fruit of the black pepper that is typically dried Origin: English Part of Speech: noun
peppercorn
Pronunciation: /vaw-lyume/ Definition: the degree of loudness or the intensity of a sound. Origin: Latin Part of Speech: noun
volume
Pronunciation: /kree-maa-tor-ee-uhm/ Definition: an establishment or structure in which the bodies of the dead are cremated Origin: Latin Part of Speech: noun
crematorium
Pronunciation: /muh-ti-kyu-luhs/ Definition: marked by extreme or excessive care; precise Origin: Latin Part of Speech: adjective
meticulous
When is Keith's Birthday? Include the month and the day.
September 17th
Pronunciation: /maan-soon/ Definition: a periodic wind especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia Origin: obsolete; Dutch Part of Speech: noun
monsoon
Pronunciation: /al-kuh-mee/ Definition: an inexplicable or mysterious transmuting. Origin: Arabic Part of Speech: noun
alchemy
Pronunciation: /a-ruh-staa-kurh-see/ Definition: government by the best individuaals or by a small privileged class Origin: Middle French Part of Speech: noun
aristocracy
Pronunciation: /am-bi-shuhs/ Definition: having a desire to be succesful Origin: Latin Part of Speech: adjective
ambitious
Name a word starting with "x" except for xylophone because that is too easy.
Keith will check your answer
Pronunciation: /juh-ra-nee-uhm/ Definition: any of a widely disturbed genus. Origin: New Latin Part of Speech: noun
geranium
Pronunciation: /pruh-jeck-tai-yul/ Definition: a self-propelling weapon. Origin: Latin Part of Speech: noun
projectile
Pronunciation: /ka-nuh-low-nee/ Definition: boiled tube-shaped pasta filled with meat, fish and cheese Origin: Italian Part of Speech: noun
cannelloni
Pronunciation: /hai-po-thuhr-mee-uh/ Definition: subnormal temperature of the body Origin: Greek Part of Speech: noun
At which place and time did they held the first modern Olympic games? Give me just the year and the city.
Athens, Greece; 1896