Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) has announced the date for Level-2 exams for IEO, NSO, and IMO. This year, it is going to take place on 9th February 2025. It’s high time students fastened their seatbelts and came along with MTG on the quest to succeed in SOF Level-2 exams. This blog is aimed at helping the students of SOF IEO Level-2 students. In this blog, we are going to talk about 70 words that students need to learn to improve their chances of excelling in the IEO Level-2 exam. The words have been segregated into three categories – lower classes (3-5), middle classes (6-8), and higher classes (9-12). Let’s have a look at the words and their meanings in simple language:
For lower Classes (3-5)
- Bizarre: Very strange or unusual
- Improvise: To make, do, or manage something without preparation
- Luminous: Something that shines in the dark
- Ominous: Suggesting that something bad is going to happen
- Nurture: To look after and protect somebody/something while he/she/it is growing
- Turbulent: A situation in which there is a lot of change, disorder and disagreement
- Rejuvenate: To make somebody/something feel or look younger
- Voracious: Eating or wanting large amount of foods
- Quixotic: Extremely idealistic, unrealistic and impractical
- Mundane: Ordinary; not interesting or exciting
- Jocular: Humorous or amusing
- Nuance: A very small difference in meaning, feeling, sound, etc.
- Garrulous: One who talks a lot mostly about unimportant things
- Fathom: To understand something
- Ephemeral: Lasting or used for only a short period of time
- Discrepancy: A difference between two things that should be the same
- Belligerent: Unfriendly and aggressive
- Adversary: An enemy, or an opponent in a competition
- Tangible: Something or someone that can be clearly seen to exist
- Languish: To be forced to stay somewhere or suffer something unpleasant for a long time
- Nefarious: Criminal, immoral
- Hypocrite: One who believes in something but does opposite to it
- Forlorn: Lonely and unhappy
- Baffling: Something that is extremely confusing or difficult to understand
- Sporadic: Done or happening irregularly
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For Middle Classes (6-8)
- Ubiquitous: To be present everywhere or in several places at the same time
- Resilient: Strong enough to deal with illness, shock or change
- Sycophant: A person who praises important or powerful people in a way that is not sincere
- Pernicious: Having a very harmful or evil effect on somebody/something in a way that is slow
- Juxtapose: To put two people, things, etc. very close together
- Mendacious: Not telling the truth
- Kaleidoscope: A large number of different things
- Gravitate: Move towards or be attracted to a person or thing
- Flabbergasted: Extremely surprised or shocked
- Cacophony: A mixture of loud, unpleasant sound
- Didactic: Designed to teach people something, especially a moral lesson
- Aberration: A fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not typical
- Quintessential: Being the perfect example of something
- Salient: Most important or noticeable
- Recalcitrant: Refusing to follow instructions or rules
- Obfuscate: To make something unclear and more difficult to understand
- Monotonous: Never changing and therefore boring
- Languid: Having or showing a disinclination for physical effort.
- Juvenile: Young people who are not yet adults
- Epiphany: A moment of sudden and great revelation or realization
- Grandiose: Bigger or more complicated than necessary
- Cognizant: To be aware of something or have knowledge of something
- Avarice: Extreme desire for money
- Harangue: To speak in a loud and angry way in order to criticise somebody
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For Higher Classes (9-12)
- Tantamount: Having the same effect or value as something
- Zephyr: A soft gentle wind
- Vehement: Showing very strong often negative feelings
- Supercilious: Showing that you think that you are better than other people
- Hegemony: Control by one country, organization etc. over other countries
- Irascible: Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered
- Disparate: Consisting of people or things that are very different from each other
- Astringent: Critical in a harsh or clever way
- Opaque: That you cannot see through
- Intransigent: Unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something
- Paucity: Something too little
- Rancorous: Characterized by bitterness or resentment
- Sublime: Something of extremely high quality that makes you admire the thing very much
- Conundrum: A confusing and difficult problem or question
- Xenophobia: A fear or hatred of foreign people and cultures
- Abstruse: Hard to understand
- Anachronistic: Existing out of its time in history
- Scintillating: Sparkling or shining brightly
- Usurpation: Taking someone’s power or property by force
- Acrimonious: Full of anger, arguments, and bad feeling
- Languorous: Characterized by tiredness or inactivity
- Predilection: A tendency to think favourably of something in particular
- Pugnacious: Very eager to start an argument or fight
- Mortification: A feeling of being very embarrassed
- Flippant: Not serious enough about things that are important
Conclusion
These important and powerful words can enhance your chances of excelling in SOF IEO Level-2 exams. Make sure you fathom them and make the most of them during upcoming exams.
Also, don’t forget to prepare for IEO Level 2 with the official academic partner of SOF – MTG. Get familiar with the IEO exam pattern with 5 previous years’ papers. Practice under the exam-simulating environment with the Online Mock Test series. With OSDS, you get an added advantage with 5 practice papers. Not only this, students can join expert-led live classes for doubt-solving and revision of important concepts. These study resources can make the path easier to IEO Level-2 success. Make them count!
