Mesa Verde Middle School 7th grader Mihir S. Konkapaka was eliminated from the contest after he misspelled chessel, spelling it chestle.
SAN DIEGO - A seventh-grader from Sabre Springs was eliminated in the fourth round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday.
The quarterfinals are scheduled to continue until 9:45 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, followed by the semifinals from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The 10 to 12 finalists will be known around 3:30 p.m. PDT.Mihir advanced to the quarterfinals by correctly spelling vastation, a noun meaning obsolete, in Tuesday's third round at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
Mihir then correctly answered his second-round multiple-choice word meaning question,"Jingoism is:" selecting"loud or arrogant nationalism."
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