The Press Club of Bravery International School, had their Press Day celebration, to mark the end of the second term session. It was a fun filled event as the competitors went head to head in spelling various words, to challenge for the winner of a cash prize of #1000.
The contestants in no order:
- Okafor Chinenye
- Johnson Marvelous
- Cletus Nora
- Nwadiozor Benita
- Emesiani Onyinyechi and
- Emesiani Favour
At the end of the Spelling Bee competition, the winner was announced.
1st Position: Okafor Chinenye
2nd Position: Emesiani Onyinyechi
3rd Position: Johnson Marvelous
The broad and heavyweight English words which were spent among 6 contestants were:
- Vacuum (an empty space)
- Onomatopoeia ( in literature, using words that imitate the sound they denote)
- Susurration (a whispering sound, or to murmur )
- Flabbergasted ( astonishment and surprise)
- Mississippi (The Mississippi is the second-longest river in the United States)
- Idiosyncracy (a strange or unusual habit, way of behaving, or feature that someone or something has)
- Unflappable (not easily perturbed, excited, or upset)
- Inquisitive (to inquire about something, asking many questions)
- Jittery (nervous or unable to relax, afraid)
- Extraneous (not relating to a particular matter or situation being considered)
- Histrionic ( about acting or actors)
- Chihuahua ( a small looking dog)
- Quiescent (act of being quiet)
- Dubious (uncertainty or doubt)
- Liquefy (make or become liquid)
- Liquor (an achoholic drink)
- Ingenious (a clever person)
- Playwright (a person who writes plays)
- Sacrilegious (an act of) treating something holy or important without respect)
- Coordinates ( like that of x and y)
- Exaggerate ( to make something better, or worse than it really is.
- Abscond ( to run away or escape or leave a place)
- Moisture (water in vapour form)
- Pretentious (to pretend)
- Pseudo (not genuine)
- Physique (relating to a person’s body structure, how one looks)
- Maneuver (to use tricks or other special skills to do something or achieve something)
- Entrepreneur ( a business owner)
- Mischievous (evil minded, bad)
- Exacerbate (make something worst)
- Pneumonia (sickness)
- Surveillance (making observations)
- Resuscitate (revive someone)
- Bureaucracy ( a system of government in which important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives )
- Vengeance (a desire for revenge )
- Conscious ( Being aware of what is happening around you)
- Embezzlement ( theft usually related to money )
- Fallacious (tending to deceive or mislead)
- Innocuous ( Not harmful or offensive)
- Sergeant (any rank in a force,, Police , Army, etc)
- Jamboree (a large celebration or party full of enjoyment)
- Psychiatrist (a doctor who treats or cares for mentally ill patients)
Thank you for your time. We enjoin you to bring your kids to us, for a better upbringing. We will call again later.