10th Grade Words of the Day

This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 10 students learn words at their levels efficiently. In addition to showing words of the current day, the page also has words of the recent 15 or 50 days to review. It's a handy app for 10th-grade students to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.

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 Word of the Day for Grade 10
Specified Day: 2025-07-10
unpronounceablespeak speak spelling sentences 
a. impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly; very difficult to pronounce correctly
Their last names were unpronounceable, so they were called Pavel and Peter.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
utensilspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
Beside it lay some cooking utensils and a bucket half-full of water.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By A. Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
All about them were other small fires surrounded by men with their little black utensils.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
She was better acquainted with the utensils in the kitchen than with Vida Sherwin or Guy Pollock.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
vignettespeak speak spelling sentences 
n. unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book or chapter; short literary sketch
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Words of the recent 15 days
2025-07-09   (Back to the Day)
  underhanded   speakExamples  
a. short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception
  underwrite   speakExamples  
v. write under something else; subscribe; assume financial responsibility for; guarantee against failure
2025-07-08   (Back to the Day)
  tycoon   speakExamples  
n. wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate
  unconscionable   speakExamples  
a. lacking conscience; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
  undecipherable   speakExamples  
a. not easily deciphered; not able to be read or understood
2025-07-07   (Back to the Day)
  stymie   speakExamples  
v. present obstacle; stump; cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck
  teem   speakExamples  
v. be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
2025-07-04   (Back to the Day)
  sobriquet   speakExamples  
n. nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of given name
  sprawl   speakExamples  
v. extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly
2025-07-03   (Back to the Day)
  retentive   speakExamples  
a. holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
  savant   speakExamples  
n. scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
  slovenly   speakExamples  
a. messy and dirty; careless and excessively casual
2025-07-02   (Back to the Day)
  resilient   speakExamples  
a. elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily
  resuscitate   speakExamples  
v. restored to life; restore consciousness, vigor, or life to; revive
2025-06-30   (Back to the Day)
  repertoire   speakExamples  
n. list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
  replica   speakExamples  
n. copy or reproduction of a work of art
2025-06-27   (Back to the Day)
  rendition   speakExamples  
n. translation, often interpretive; performance of a musical or dramatic work
  renege   speakExamples  
v. deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
2025-06-26   (Back to the Day)
  reclamation   speakExamples  
n. rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course
  rejuvenate   speakExamples  
v. make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance
  reminisce   speakExamples  
v. recollect and tell of past experiences or events; talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories
2025-06-25   (Back to the Day)
  rankle   speakExamples  
v. grow worse; cause persistent irritation or resentment
  raze   speakExamples  
v. destroy completely; scrape or shave off
2025-06-24   (Back to the Day)
  prestigious   speakExamples  
a. honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence by reason of high status
  pterodactyl   speakExamples  
n. extinct flying reptiles that existed during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
  pulchritude   speakExamples  
n. great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty
2025-06-23   (Back to the Day)
  preponderance   speakExamples  
n. superiority in numbers or amount
  prerequisite   speakExamples  
n. something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition
2025-06-20   (Back to the Day)
  pollination   speakExamples  
n. fertilization of plants by the agency of insects that carry pollen from one flower to another
  premiere   speakExamples  
a. first public performance, as of a movie or play; premier
2025-06-19   (Back to the Day)
  overwrought   speakExamples  
a. extremely disturbed from emotion
  pachyderm   speakExamples  
n. any of various large, thick-skinned, hoofed mammals, as elephant
  pharmaceutical   speakExamples  
a. of or pertaining to knowledge of pharmacy or preparing medicines
2025-06-18   (Back to the Day)
  outlast   speakExamples  
v. outlive; live or last longer than
  oversee   speakExamples  
v. supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
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