SAN DIEGO (CNS) – An eighth-grader from Maranatha Christian School in 4S Ranch advanced to the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Tuesday at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Reinhard correctly spelled micellar, an adjective that describes anything relating to or composed of micelles, which are tiny, self- assembling, spherical clusters of molecules, according to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. The word is most commonly used in chemistry and skincare.
In the second round, he was asked a vocabulary question, “Something described as serrated is?” and correctly chose “notched or toothed on the edge.”…