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Middle round (ages 9–11): Word meanings. Pages: the ten question cards, two answer sheets to a page (print one page per two teams), and the key on the last page, to fold back.
1. What does the word “diligent” mean?
- A. make better or stronger
- B. hardworking and careful
- C. hard but easily snapped
2. What does the word “pungent” mean?
- A. having a strong, sharp smell
- B. colors that help you blend in
- C. turn from a gas into a liquid
3. What does the word “tenacious” mean?
- A. holding on and never giving up
- B. upset and unable to stay calm
- C. turn from a liquid into a gas
4. What does the word “mellow” mean?
- A. stiff and hard to bend
- B. become smaller or less
- C. soft, calm, and gentle
5. What does the word “effervescent” mean?
- A. soft and shiny
- B. extremely hungry
- C. bubbly and fizzy
6. What does the word “dense” mean?
- A. huge and wide-spreading
- B. able to last a long time
- C. packed closely together
7. What does the word “cluttered” mean?
- A. more than enough, plenty
- B. moving slowly, without energy
- C. messy and full of things
8. What does the word “lustrous” mean?
- A. soft and shiny
- B. fill up again
- C. extremely hungry
9. What does the word “obscure” mean?
- A. very brave and fearless
- B. gentle and easy to handle
- C. hide or make hard to see
10. What does the word “scamper” mean?
- A. get bigger by spreading out
- B. run with light, quick steps
- C. eat up hungrily and quickly
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- B: hardworking and careful. The diligent ants worked all day.
- A: having a strong, sharp smell. The pungent cheese made us hold our noses.
- A: holding on and never giving up. The tenacious climber reached the top.
- C: soft, calm, and gentle. The mellow music helped me relax.
- C: bubbly and fizzy. The effervescent lemonade tickled my nose.
- C: packed closely together. The dense forest blocked the sunlight.
- C: messy and full of things. My cluttered desk had no room for my book.
- A: soft and shiny. The horse had a lustrous coat.
- C: hide or make hard to see. Clouds obscured the moon.
- B: run with light, quick steps. Squirrels scamper up the oak tree.
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