precarious by Luis Navarro, 16, Avenues: The World School, New York, N.Y.
quackery by Tabitha Aronson, 16, Hopewell High School, Huntersville, N.C.
quirky by Lochlan Turner, 14, Campbell Hall, Los Angeles
sabotage by Abigail Rojas Cermeno, 14, Mason Middle School, Mason, Ohio
tedious by Ella Shin, 16, Sacred Heart-Griffin, Springfield, Ill.
Honorable Mentions
arduous by Amelia Ohlander, 13, Mason Middle School, Mason, Ohio.
curt by Rachel Marzullo, 16, Aurora High School, Aurora, Ohio.
glyph by Andrew Choi, 17, St. Paul’s School, and Dylan Kim, 16, Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell, N.J.
kafkaesque by Olena Babych, 16, Mriydiy, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
kaput by Enzo Romano, 16, Enzo and Pawel G, Leysin American School, Leysin, Switzerland