12th Grade Words of the Day
This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 12 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 12th-grade students to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.
The details about the app's word bank are here. We also offer other tools to assist grade 12 students in studying them.
The details about the app's word bank are here. We also offer other tools to assist grade 12 students in studying them.
| Word of the Day for Grade 12 |
Specified Day: 2024-10-30
| confound |     |
v. cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
You must not confound my meaning.
No, no, my dear fellow, do not confound our plans.
It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.
| stability | |
n. the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
Here was something of stability, thought Scarlett, something of the old life that was unchanging.
But now all desire for change had vanished, and the sight of the little enclosure gave him a warm sense of continuance and stability.
It was an age when what we call talent had far less consideration than now, but the massive materials which produce stability and dignity of character a great deal more.
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2024-10-29 (Back to the Day)
ferocity 
Examples
Examples n. savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
secluded Examples
Examples a. removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
ethical Examples
Examples a. conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; adhering to ethical and moral principles
2024-10-28 (Back to the Day)
pensive Examples
Examples a. deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
deplorable Examples
Examples a. of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
2024-10-25 (Back to the Day)
mystical Examples
Examples a. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
tout Examples
Examples v. advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
2024-10-24 (Back to the Day)
auspicious Examples
Examples a. attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
ritual Examples
Examples n. procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
cynical Examples
Examples a. skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
2024-10-23 (Back to the Day)
encampment Examples
Examples n. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
ordinance Examples
Examples n. decree; authoritative command or order
2024-10-22 (Back to the Day)
organism Examples
Examples n. living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
heritage Examples
Examples n. legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
colleague Examples
Examples n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
2024-10-21 (Back to the Day)
wistful Examples
Examples a. full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
aesthetic Examples
Examples a. elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
2024-10-18 (Back to the Day)
reverie Examples
Examples n. daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
abject Examples
Examples a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
2024-10-17 (Back to the Day)
rue Examples
Examples v. feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
diverse Examples
Examples a. differing in some characteristics; various
perspective Examples
Examples n. appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
2024-10-16 (Back to the Day)
impertinent Examples
Examples a. improperly forward or bold; rude
intuition Examples
Examples n. immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
2024-10-15 (Back to the Day)
affectation Examples
Examples n. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
befall Examples
Examples v. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
invincible Examples
Examples a. incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
2024-10-14 (Back to the Day)
frivolous Examples
Examples a. lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
deficient Examples
Examples a. inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
2024-10-11 (Back to the Day)
eccentric Examples
Examples a. departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
oblivion Examples
Examples n. condition or quality of being completely forgotten; official overlooking of offenses; amnesty
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spontaneous Examples
Examples a. arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
renounce Examples
Examples v. abandon; disown; turn away from; give up
temperate Examples
Examples a. restrained; self-controlled; moderate in degree or quality
2024-10-09 (Back to the Day)
appalling Examples
Examples a. causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror; frightful
profess Examples
Examples v. state freely; practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; confess one's faith in, or allegiance to
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