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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 “abundant” mean?
- A. more than enough, plenty
- B. quick and full of energy
- C. messy and full of things
2. What does the word “turbulent” mean?
- A. able to stretch and snap back
- B. rough and full of wild movement
- C. calm and peaceful, without worry
3. What does the word “rare” mean?
- A. refusing to change your mind
- B. careful to stay out of danger
- C. not found or seen very often
4. What does the word “soothe” mean?
- A. make calm or less sore
- B. run as fast as you can
- C. plain and not special
5. What does the word “distort” mean?
- A. twist out of its normal shape
- B. so strong it is hard to beat
- C. swing back and forth steadily
6. What does the word “elusive” mean?
- A. easy to bend or shape
- B. slowly become smaller
- C. hard to find or catch
7. What does the word “linger” mean?
- A. giving off light, glowing
- B. wild with hurry or worry
- C. stay longer than expected
8. What does the word “peculiar” mean?
- A. happy and full of fun
- B. strange or unusual
- C. extremely large
9. What does the word “generous” mean?
- A. happy to share and give
- B. huge and wide-spreading
- C. thin and easily broken
10. What does the word “meticulous” mean?
- A. shining with rainbow colors that shift
- B. resting or sleeping for a while
- C. very careful about every detail
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- A: more than enough, plenty. Apples were abundant in the fall orchard.
- B: rough and full of wild movement. The turbulent river tossed the canoe.
- C: not found or seen very often. A white tiger is very rare.
- A: make calm or less sore. Mom's song soothed the crying baby.
- A: twist out of its normal shape. The funhouse mirror distorted my face.
- C: hard to find or catch. The elusive fox slipped away again.
- C: stay longer than expected. The smell of cookies lingered in the kitchen.
- B: strange or unusual. A peculiar purple frog sat on my porch.
- A: happy to share and give. The generous baker gave away free bread.
- C: very careful about every detail. Her meticulous drawing showed every whisker.
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