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The 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee is underway. Find out if you're champion material by choosing the correct spelling of these words that knocked out finalists in the recent past few years.
[na-thon-ik]
adjective (from Latin) in a self-seeking, servile and flattering manner
gnathonik
gnathonic
nathonic
nathoneck
[mee-see-nuh s or mahy-see-nuh s]
noun (from Latin) a generous patron of literature or the arts
maiseenas
maecenas
meacinas
mycinas
[proh-soh-puh-pee-uh]
noun (from Greek) a figure of speech in which an absent person is represented as speaking or a dead person as alive and present
prosopopoieia
prosopopia
prosopopaiea
prosopopeia
[shver-muh-rahy]
noun (from German) excessive unbridled enthusiasm or attachment
schvermarahy
schwermarahy
schwarmerei
schvermerai
[kuh-rahy-zuh]
noun (from Late Latin, Greek) an acute inflammatory contagious disease involving the upper respiratory tract
coryza
corahyza
coryzha
coryzah
[men-hir]
noun (from French) a single upright rough monolith usually of prehistoric origin
menhyre
menoi
menir
menhir
[velt-shmerts]
noun (from German) mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state
weltschmerz
weltschmertz
wveltshmurz
weltschmurz
[rosh-ee-uh n, rosh-uh n]
adjective (from name of a celebrated Roman actor) of, relating to, or involving acting.
Roshian
Rusheean
Roscian
Rosciun
[ri-di-dohm]
noun (from New Latin, Greek) the part of the bark external to the last formed periderm in a tree
ritydome
rhytidome
ritidum
rhythitum
[saw-rahy-teez, soh- rahy-teez]
noun (from Latin, Greek) a form of argument having several premises and one conclusion, capable of being resolved into a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each of which is a premise of the next.
sorites
soriatees
soriatis
soratiz


