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: 2025-02-21
jubilantspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. happy; merry; joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
At recess Tom continued his flirtation with Amy with jubilant self-satisfaction.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
His friend, jubilant and glorified, holding his treasure with vanity, came to him there.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
They were jubilant with vanity over their new grandeur and the illustrious trouble they were making.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
reclusespeak speak spelling sentences 
n. one who lives in solitude; withdrawn from the world; reclusive
Wuthering Heights and Mr. Heathcliff did not exist for her: she was a perfect recluse; and, apparently, perfectly contented.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
Occasionally the air breathed through the crevices of the hut, and the low flame that fluttered about the embers of the fire threw their wavering light on the person of the sullen recluse.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
That direful mishap was at the bottom of his temporary recluseness.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 106. Ahab's Leg.
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2025-02-20   (Back to the Day)
  mettle   speakExamples  
n. quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
  burrow   speakExamples  
n. tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; dig; move through by or as by digging
  gnarled   speakExamples  
a. twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
2025-02-19   (Back to the Day)
  graze   speakExamples  
v. scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
  coax   speakExamples  
v. persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; move to or adjust toward a desired end
2025-02-18   (Back to the Day)
  oasis   speakExamples  
n. fertile or green spot in a waste or desert
  taciturn   speakExamples  
a. silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
  efface   speakExamples  
v. rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
2025-02-17   (Back to the Day)
  menial   speakExamples  
a. suitable for servant; having low nature
  masquerade   speakExamples  
n. assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks
2025-02-14   (Back to the Day)
  augment   speakExamples  
v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
  poll   speakExamples  
n. voting; survey; number of votes cast or recorded
2025-02-13   (Back to the Day)
  threadbare   speakExamples  
a. worn through till threads show; wearing old, shabby clothing; shabby and poor
  amaze   speakExamples  
v. astonish; surprise greatly; affect with wonder
  bountiful   speakExamples  
a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
2025-02-12   (Back to the Day)
  rejoinder   speakExamples  
n. retort; comeback; answer to a reply
  confiscation   speakExamples  
n. seizure by the government
2025-02-11   (Back to the Day)
  nautical   speakExamples  
a. relating to ships, sailors, or navigation
  facile   speakExamples  
a. done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
  deplore   speakExamples  
v. feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret
2025-02-10   (Back to the Day)
  debris   speakExamples  
n. remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
  deter   speakExamples  
v. keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting
2025-02-07   (Back to the Day)
  rectitude   speakExamples  
n. uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
  misleading   speakExamples  
a. deceptive; giving the wrong idea or impression
2025-02-06   (Back to the Day)
  beget   speakExamples  
v. produce; give rise to
  intervene   speakExamples  
v. get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
  polar   speakExamples  
a. pertaining to one of the poles of the earth; of the poles
2025-02-05   (Back to the Day)
  onslaught   speakExamples  
n. assault; a fierce or destructive attack
  benign   speakExamples  
a. kindly; favorable; not malignant
2025-02-04   (Back to the Day)
  variegated   speakExamples  
a. streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful
  vindication   speakExamples  
n. act of vindicating, or state of being vindicated; defense; evidence or statements that justify a claim or belief
  ignominious   speakExamples  
a. deserving or bringing disgrace or shame, used of conduct or character
2025-02-03   (Back to the Day)
  abhor   speakExamples  
v. fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
  famished   speakExamples  
a. extremely hungry; exhausted through want of food or drink
2025-01-31   (Back to the Day)
  mimic   speakExamples  
v. copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression
  perpetuate   speakExamples  
v. make something last; preserve from extinction
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