I thought about that for awhile. I realized that having the word repeated in a sentence does absolutely nothing when it comes to actually knowing how to spell it. But I still was not shaken, for I remembered I could have the definition for the word given to me as well. Surely, I'll be able to solve this spelling conundrum now. The devil with the dictionary gave me her stupid definition.
Rheumatism is a disease causing pain in the joints, muscles or fibrous tissue.
I would like to offer one or two points, if I may. The hapless child actually thinks that, by giving the dumb word in either a sentence or definition, the correct way to spell it will suddenly appear in the young, innocent child's mind. Instead, it makes the kid look like a fool in front of all of the parents and teachers in the audience. He's clearly trying to stall and, therefore, is wasting everybody's time, especially the dictionary crone's. The youngsters have no clue this is all a sick, twisted game, designed to weed out the kids with the photographic memories from the kids who, instead of studying the spelling bee, lists the previous weekend, actually had friends to play with and cartoons to watch.