Words of the Day for Kids (Grade 6)

This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 6 children learn words at their levels efficiently; in addition to showing words of the current day, the page also has words of recent 15 or 50 days to review. It's a handy app for children to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.

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 Word of the Day for Kids (Grade 6)
Specified Day: 2025-02-21
spiderspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. a small creature with eight thin legs that catches insects in a web
There he called his wife, and showed me to her; but she screamed and ran back, as women in England do at the sight of a toad or a spider.
Gulliver's Travels(V1) By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I.
Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I.
I suspect that the real attraction was a large library of fine books, which was left to dust and spiders since Uncle March died.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
prematurespeak speak spelling sentences 
a. too soon; too early; occurring before a state of readiness
Trouble has done it, Bilgewater, trouble has done it; trouble has brung these gray hairs and this premature balditude.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX.
Never did a perverse nature declare itself more prematurely, and yet it was not owing to any fault in his bringing up.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
A sorrowful sight I saw: dark night coming down prematurely, and sky and hills mingled in one bitter whirl of wind and suffocating snow.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2025-02-20   (Back to the Day)
  solar   speakExamples  
a. of or from the sun, or using the energy from the sun to produce electric power
  receiver   speakExamples  
n. a piece of equipment that changes signals, as of radio or phone into sounds
n. one who receive anything, like a football player who catches a forward pass
2025-02-19   (Back to the Day)
  museum   speakExamples  
n. a place for collecting and displaying objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value
  defiant   speakExamples  
a. boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
2025-02-18   (Back to the Day)
  stairway   speakExamples  
n. a way of access upward and downward, consisting of a set of steps
  crisp   speakExamples  
a. firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle
2025-02-17   (Back to the Day)
  junior   speakExamples  
a. less advanced in age than another; younger; lower in standing or in rank
  sentinel   speakExamples  
n. a person employed to guard something; soldier stationed as a guard
2025-02-14   (Back to the Day)
  telescope   speakExamples  
n. a magnifier of images of distant objects
  necklace   speakExamples  
n. jewelry consisting of a cord or chain, often bearing gems, worn about the neck
2025-02-13   (Back to the Day)
  launch   speakExamples  
v. begin, originate, or initiate; send off; take off
  fasten   speakExamples  
v. become firmly fixed together
2025-02-12   (Back to the Day)
  cylinder   speakExamples  
n. a solid geometric figure with straight parallel sides and a circular or oval section
  pierce   speakExamples  
v. penetrate; make a hole into
2025-02-11   (Back to the Day)
  disgraceful   speakExamples  
a. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
a. deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  decoration   speakExamples  
n. the act or process of decorating
n. something that adorns, enriches, or beautifies
2025-02-10   (Back to the Day)
  beware   speakExamples  
v. be cautious or wary about; be alert to
  naughty   speakExamples  
a. behaving badly and not being obedient, not socially acceptable
a. mildly rude or indecent, typically because related to sex
2025-02-07   (Back to the Day)
  monopoly   speakExamples  
n. exclusive control or possession of something; domination
  earthquake   speakExamples  
n. quake from underground
n. disturbance that is extremely disruptive
2025-02-06   (Back to the Day)
  slide   speakExamples  
v. move usually in an uncontrolled manner but smoothly along a surface
  automobile   speakExamples  
n. self-propelled vehicle suitable for use on street or roadway
2025-02-05   (Back to the Day)
  surround   speakExamples  
n. the area in which something exists or lives
  drown   speakExamples  
v. cause to die by being unable to breathe underwater
2025-02-04   (Back to the Day)
  button   speakExamples  
n. a knob on an equipment that is pressed to operate it
n. a small disk or knob sewn on to a garment to fasten it
  headache   speakExamples  
n. pain you feel inside your head
2025-02-03   (Back to the Day)
  disadvantage   speakExamples  
n. an unfavorable circumstance or condition that reduces the chances of success
  ledge   speakExamples  
n. projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
2025-01-31   (Back to the Day)
  orchestra   speakExamples  
n. a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together; big band
  miniature   speakExamples  
a. used to describe something that is a very small copy of an object
n. model that represents something in a greatly reduced size
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