Quiz: How well do you know the words these genius kids can spell?

Some pretty obscure words have been correctly spelled already in this year's National Spelling Bee.

The kids know these words forwards and backwards (literally), but do most of us even know what they mean?

Take the quiz to see if you're as smart as these young geniuses or ready to concede that esoteric vocabulary has a propensity to be discombobulating.

1. BruxismA) Habit of grinding the teeth, especially when stressedB) Painting made by techniques like splatteringC) State of being youthfulD)The process of bone formation
2. GelidA)Whitish or grayishB) Of a more or less German natureC) Growing in wet or swampy groundD) Extremely cold; icy
3. PasillaA) Crescent-shaped dumplingB) A white sauce including meat, cream, butter and flourC) A long slender breadstickD) A long dried chili pepper
4. LarmoyantA) In a manner marked by inactivityB) Having small nostrilsC) Relating to upright perennial leafy-stemmed bulbous herbsD) Given to tears or weeping
5. CandiruA) A minute bloodsucking catfishB) The least prestigious language in a variety of a communityC) A person with full power to transact businessD) A declaration where a card player loses every trick
6. AnodyneA) Serving to assuage painB) Manifesting praise or approvalC) Sincere, not triflingD) Person of no faith/religion
7. DundreariesA) Plants that depend on water for the distribution of seedsB) Long flowing side whiskersC) Waste silk taken from outside the cocoonD) Rules of combat between two people
8. SwiddenA) Foulness of breathB) Tract of water where tide flows with violenceC) A plot of land produced by burning off a vegetative coverD) Somewhat sly; crafty, cunning, artful
9. CachinnateA) Laugh, usually loudlyB) Drink to the last dropC) Criticize severelyD) Shed small scales
10. CispontineA) Shaped like a sausageB) Situated on this or the nearer side of a bridgeC) Relating to the hedgehogD) Bright, glossy, lustrous
11. EpixylousA)Design in shape of chevrons on a fabricB) Growing on woodC)Bent backward or downwardD)Bottom-dwelling

Answers:

1) A

2) D

3) D

4) D

5) A

6) A

7) B

8) C

9) A

10) B

11) B

Let us know how you did, and learn some new words from the final round tonight at 8 p.m. on ESPN.