The championship round words from the first spelling bee were
taken from the NSB grade-specific practice lists and the intermediate
section of the 1994 Words of the Champions study book.
1. montage (mawn-TAWZH) a composite picture
2. pestilent (PES-tuh-luhnt) vexing; irritating; annoying
3. chlorination (klohr-uh-NAY-sghuhn) water and sewage purifying
4. reminiscent (rem-uh-NIS-uhnt) reminding of something previously done
5. ostensible (aw-ASTEN-suh-buhl) apparent; seeming
6. septennial (sep-TEM-ee-uhl) occurring every seven years
7. undisguisable (un-duh-SKYZ-uh-buhl) cannot be concealed
8. Gibraltar (juh-BRAWL-tuhr) a place beyond criticism or question
9. worrywart (WUHR-ee-wawrt) one expecting the worst
10. supineness (suh-PYN-nuhs) lying on one's back face up
11. fluoroscope (FLOHR-uh-skohp) machine examining internal structures
12. eloquently (EL-uh-kwuhnt-lee) speaking vividly, forcefully and fluently
13. cellulose (SEL-yuh-lohs) chief substance in the walls of plant cells
14. centripetal (sen-TRIP-uht-uhl) moving toward the center of a rotation
15. detachability (dee-tach-uh-BIL-uh-tee) ability to be separated
16. ambiguity (am-buh-GYOO-uh-dee) being unclear or having two meanings
17. delicatessen (del-uh-kuh-TES-uhn) shop selling prepared foods
18. lambently (lam-BENT-lee) in a radiant, flickering, wavering manner
19. fragmentary (FRAG-muhn-ter-ee) incomplete; partial
20. pterodactyl (ter-uh-DAK-tuhl) extinct flying reptile
21. mawkishly (MAWK-ish-lee) in a squeamish or sentimental manner
22. motile (MOH-duhl) capable of movement
23. horripilation (huh-rip-uh-LAY-shuhn) goose bumbs
24. inadvertence (in-ad-VUHR-tuhnts) result of carelessness or negligence
25. hypercritical (hy-puhr-KRIT-uh-kuhl) overly faultfinding
26. abscess (AB-ses) pus-filled sking inflammation
27. nostalgia (nuh-STAL-juh) a longing for times past
28. presumptuous (pree-ZUMP-choo-uhs) too bold or forward
29. synthesizer (SIN-thuh-syz-uhr) sound producing device
30. scansion (SKAN-chuhn) analyzing of rhythmic structure in poetry
31. poignant (POIN-yuhnt) emotionally moving
32. incumbency (in-KUM-buhn-see) period in whcih someone holds office
33. pantomime (PANT-uh-mym) drama without words using only gestures
34. stammeringly (STAM-uhr-ing-lee) speaking with interruptive pauses
35. chromosome (KROHM-uh-sohm) microscopic body carrying genes
36. creekology (kreek-AWL-uh-jee) wildcat method for searching for oil
37. basilisk (BAS-uh-lisk) legendary reptile with fatal breath and glance
38. analgesia (an-uhl-JEEZ-ee-uh) conscious insensibility to pain
39. episematic (ep-uh-suh-MAT-ik) serving to help animals of the same
species recognize each other
40. gibbosity (ji-BAWS-uh-tee) being humpbacked
41. infatuation (in-fach-uh-WAY-shuhn) strong emotional attachment
42. fossorial (faw-SOHR-ee-uhl) adapted to digging
43. kakistocracy (kak-uh-STAWK-ruh-see) government by the worst men
44. paramecium (per-uh-MEE-see-uhm) one-celled animal
45. macrotous (ma-KROH-duhs) having large ears
46. formicine (FOHRM-uh-syn) resembling an ant; ant-like
47. latitudinarian (lat-uh-tood-uh-NER-ee-uhn) religiously tolerant
48. perennate (PER-uh-nayt) to live over from one season to another
49. nidor (NY-dohr) a strong smell
50. tantivy (tan-TIV-ee) in a headlong rush
** prestidigitation (pres-tuh-dij-uh-TAY-shuhn) sleight-of-hand
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