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: 2025-04-16
migrantspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; wandering
succinctspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
We, at the Grange, never got a very succinct account of his state preceding it; all that I did learn was on occasion of going to aid in the preparations for the funeral.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
"I have never heard a profound truth expressed so succinctly," he said.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
"You sum up the difficulties of the situation succinctly and well," he said.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2025-04-15   (Back to the Day)
  ovation   speakExamples  
n. enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
  cataclysm   speakExamples  
n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
  zephyr   speakExamples  
n. gentle breeze; west wind; any of various soft light fabrics, yarns, or garments
2025-04-14   (Back to the Day)
  insolvent   speakExamples  
a. bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
  aluminum   speakExamples  
n. silvery ductile metallic element
2025-04-11   (Back to the Day)
  circumvent   speakExamples  
v. surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
  pandemonium   speakExamples  
n. state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
2025-04-10   (Back to the Day)
  scribble   speakExamples  
v. write or draw carelessly and in a hurry; doodle; meaningless marks and lines
  quintessence   speakExamples  
n. pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing
  innocuous   speakExamples  
a. having no adverse effect; harmless
2025-04-09   (Back to the Day)
  endorse   speakExamples  
v. acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instrument; approve; support
  longevity   speakExamples  
n. long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
2025-04-08   (Back to the Day)
  pithy   speakExamples  
a. precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
  foray   speakExamples  
n. assault; an initial attempt; a sudden short attack
  debonair   speakExamples  
a. friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
2025-04-07   (Back to the Day)
  extirpate   speakExamples  
v. root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
  retaliate   speakExamples  
v. do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront
2025-04-04   (Back to the Day)
  redundant   speakExamples  
a. exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
  cache   speakExamples  
n. hiding place; secret store of valuables or money
2025-04-03   (Back to the Day)
  glut   speakExamples  
v. fill beyond capacity, especially with food; swallow greedlly
  evaporate   speakExamples  
v. vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
  tether   speakExamples  
v. tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain
2025-04-02   (Back to the Day)
  intimidation   speakExamples  
n. act of making timid or fearful , of deterring by threats; state of being intimidated
  elucidate   speakExamples  
v. make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
2025-03-31   (Back to the Day)
  encroach   speakExamples  
v. intrude; invade; take another's rights gradually; advance beyond proper or former limits
  caper   speakExamples  
v. leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; skip; spring
2025-03-28   (Back to the Day)
  elite   speakExamples  
n. a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
  cram   speakExamples  
v. pack; force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space
2025-03-27   (Back to the Day)
  incantation   speakExamples  
n. singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; verbal charm or spell
  assay   speakExamples  
v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
  fahrenheit   speakExamples  
a. of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
2025-03-26   (Back to the Day)
  impel   speakExamples  
v. drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
  strident   speakExamples  
a. loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
2025-03-25   (Back to the Day)
  regimen   speakExamples  
n. prescribed diet and habits; a systematic plan for therapy; governmental rule or control
  overt   speakExamples  
a. open to view; not secret or hidden
  escapade   speakExamples  
n. wild and exciting undertaking; adventurous or unconventional act
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