The Spelling bee was presented by the Press Club of Bravery International School. There were a total number of 8 competitors.

The competition had 3 different rounds and the 3rd round produced the final winner.

3rd Position: Nwadiozor Benita

2nd Position: Nwadiozor Francisca

1st Position: Okafor Chinenye Onovo

The words spelt are listed below:

1. questionnaire – noun: a list of questions; survey
2. unconscious – adjective: not conscious; without awareness
3. precocious – adjective: unusually mature, especially in mental development
4. liaison – noun: a person who maintains a connection between people or groups
5. surveillance – noun: continuous observation of a person, place, or activity in order to gather information
6. chrysanthemum – noun: a widely cultivated plant with brightly-colored showy flower heads
7. idiosyncrasy – noun: a tendency, habit or mannerism that is peculiar to an individual; a quirk
8. chauffeur – noun: a person hired to drive a private automobile or limousine
9. onomatopoeia – noun: the formation of a word by imitation of a sound of the noise or action described, such as hiss, honk, or meow.
10. conscientious- adjective: careful, particular, taking great care
11. demitasse –  noun: small coffee cup
12. vengeance – noun: punishment inflicted for a wrong done to oneself or another person; revenge
13. prospicience – noun: the act of looking forward; foresight
14. acquiesce – verb: to accept as inevitable; to comply passively
15. malfeasance –  noun: conduct by a public official that violates the public trust or is against  the law
16. irascible –  adjective: irritable, quick-tempered
17. antediluvian – adjective: 1. of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood  2. old-fashioned; antiquated
18. foudroyant – adjective: sudden and overwhelming; stunning
19. eudemonic – adjective: pertaining to conducive to happiness
20. logorrhea – noun: excessive and often incoherent talkativeness
21. pterodactyl – noun: any of various extinct flying reptiles, having no feathers
22. stichomythia – noun: dialogue, especially a dispute, delivered in alternating lines
23. feuilleton – noun: part of a European newspaper or magazine with content designed to entertain the reader
24. milquetoast  – noun: a timid, unassertive, or apologetic person
25. chrematistic – adjective: of or relating to making money
26. esquamulose – Esquamulose is the opposite of squamulose, which means “being or having a thallus made up of small leafy lobes.”
27. Chihuahua – any of a breed of very small, short- or long-haired dogs typically weighing between two and six pounds and having a round head with short, slightly pointed muzzle and large, erect ears.
28. Vivisepulture – the act or practice of burying alive
29. Logorrhea – pathologically excessive and often incoherent talkativeness
30. insubstantial – lacking substance.
31. Sheetrock – used to describe a plasterboard formed of gypsum between two surfaces of hard paper.
32. prudence – wisdom shown in the exercise of self-control and reason.
33. diaphoresis – profuse sweating
34. lacrosse – a game played with two teams of 10 players each with each player using a long-handled stick to catch and throw a ball, and with the object being to throw the ball into the opponents’ goal.
35. Hyperion – a Titan who fathered Helios, Selene and Eos.
36. thermohaline – in oceanography, involving the joined effect of salinity and temperature.
37. palladium – something that provides protection.
38. Connemara – a district in Ireland located in western Galway.
39. calamitous – marked by disaster.
40. squadron – a division of organization in the military.
41. culminate – to reach a decisive point.
42. helium – a very light colorless inert gas used for diluting oxygen, inflating balloons, and in many chemical and metallurgical processes.
43. aspersions – slanderous expressions.
44. nefarious – detestable or wicked.
45. halogens – the five elements (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine) that form group VII A of the periodic table.
46. badminton – a game played on a court by two or four people who use rackets to volley a shuttlecock over a net.
47. precariously – in a manner marked by a lack of stability or security.
48. accelerates – speeds up the normal development or progress of something.
49. proportionate – being in balance or symmetry
50. emphatic – commanding attention by insistence or prominence.