10th Grade Words of the Day

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 Word of the Day for Grade 10
Specified Day: 2024-11-21
velocityspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
The river glanced by with its ordinary velocity, but the canoe was nowhere to be seen on its dark waters.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
Clym reached the hatches, the framework of which was shaken to its foundations by the velocity of the current.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
He seemed swimming with his utmost velocity, and now only intent upon pursuing his own straight path in the sea.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.
vocationspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. a person's employment or main occupation; career or profession
He answered, to go to sea again, in his old vocation.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12. Biographical.
What with women and wine and the excitement of his vocation, a man could afford to rest now and then.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
David smiled sadly, though not without a momentary gleam of pleasure, at this allusion to his beloved vocation.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
emblemspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
His own emblem, quivering and aflare, was winging toward the other.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
An imp of evil, emblem and product of sin, she had no right among christened infants.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
Under this respectable emblem stood a cross, stated to be the mark of Gurth, the son of Beowulph.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
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Words of the recent 15 days
2024-11-20   (Back to the Day)
  redeem   speakExamples  
v. purchase back; regain possession of by payment; ransom or rescue from captivity; pay penalty; make amends for
  rendezvous   speakExamples  
n. meeting at a prearranged time and place; popular gathering place; prearranged meeting point for troops or ships
2024-11-19   (Back to the Day)
  rhetoric   speakExamples  
n. art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language
  congenial   speakExamples  
a. pleasant or agreeable because suited to one's taste; compatible
  precedent   speakExamples  
n. act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases
2024-11-18   (Back to the Day)
  impenetrable   speakExamples  
a. not able to be entered; beyond understanding
  custody   speakExamples  
n. keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security
2024-11-15   (Back to the Day)
  tactics   speakExamples  
n. strategy; policy; plan for attaining a particular goal
  gaunt   speakExamples  
a. very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
2024-11-14   (Back to the Day)
  apparel   speakExamples  
n. external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; small ornamental piece
  recompense   speakExamples  
v. render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
  ballad   speakExamples  
n. popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing
2024-11-13   (Back to the Day)
  devour   speakExamples  
v. consume; eat greedily; destroy completely
  wage   speakExamples  
v. hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; hire; employ
2024-11-12   (Back to the Day)
  sagacity   speakExamples  
n. quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness
  offense   speakExamples  
n. act of causing anger, displeasure, or affront; transgression of law; attacking or assaulting
  outburst   speakExamples  
n. an unrestrained expression of emotion; a sudden intense happening
2024-11-11   (Back to the Day)
  prone   speakExamples  
a. inclined; lying face downward; having a tendency
  inexplicable   speakExamples  
a. not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
2024-11-08   (Back to the Day)
  amiss   speakExamples  
a. out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty
  apparition   speakExamples  
n. ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
2024-11-07   (Back to the Day)
  transition   speakExamples  
n. going from one state of action to another
  languid   speakExamples  
a. lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
  apprehend   speakExamples  
v. take into custody; arrest a criminal; grasp mentally; perceive
2024-11-06   (Back to the Day)
  perceptible   speakExamples  
a. capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable
  massacre   speakExamples  
n. killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
2024-11-05   (Back to the Day)
  sneer   speakExamples  
v. show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression; speak derisively; show mirth awkwardly
  haunt   speakExamples  
v. be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; bother; disturb
  constable   speakExamples  
n. a police officer of the lowest rank; a lawman with less authority and jurisdiction than a sheriff
2024-11-04   (Back to the Day)
  precipice   speakExamples  
n. cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position
  oppressive   speakExamples  
a. unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh
2024-10-31   (Back to the Day)
  affirm   speakExamples  
v. offer someone emotional support or encouragement; confirm
  pastoral   speakExamples  
a. rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
  preface   speakExamples  
n. a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
2024-10-30   (Back to the Day)
  minority   speakExamples  
n. a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group
  aloof   speakExamples  
a. apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
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