Words of the Day for Kids (Grade 6)

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 Word of the Day for Kids (Grade 6)
Specified Day: 2025-01-21
acrespeak speak spelling sentences 
n. a unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards
n. a large extent or amount of something
As I look at it, a millionth part of a railway is worth fully as much as an acre of waste land on the banks of the Ohio.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 95. Father and Daughter.
And I saw Tityus son of Gaia stretched upon the plain and covering some nine acres of ground.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XI
Outside the gate of the outer court there is a large garden of about four acres with a wall all round it.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VII
Utahspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. a state in the western United States, settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2025-01-20   (Back to the Day)
  signature   speakExamples  
n. name written in own handwriting
  correspondent   speakExamples  
a. one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper
2025-01-17   (Back to the Day)
  width   speakExamples  
n. measurement of the extent of something from side to side
  accuse   speakExamples  
v. blame; condemn
2025-01-16   (Back to the Day)
  environment   speakExamples  
n. surroundings; totality of surrounding conditions
  employer   speakExamples  
n. a person or firm that employs workers
2025-01-15   (Back to the Day)
  moist   speakExamples  
a. slightly wet; damp or humid
  humorous   speakExamples  
a. funny, or making someone laugh
2025-01-14   (Back to the Day)
  inspire   speakExamples  
v. encourage; inspirit; fire the imagination of
  fireplace   speakExamples  
n. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
2025-01-13   (Back to the Day)
  bored   speakExamples  
a. uninterested because of frequent exposure
v. (past tense) make a hole in something, especially with a revolving tool
  shrink   speakExamples  
v. become smaller or draw together; compress
2025-01-10   (Back to the Day)
  strengthen   speakExamples  
v. reinforce; make strong or increase the strength of
  ascent   speakExamples  
n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
2025-01-09   (Back to the Day)
  vehicle   speakExamples  
n. automobile; a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, to transport people or goods on land
  Arkansas   speakExamples  
n. a state in the south central region of the United States
2025-01-08   (Back to the Day)
  obstacle   speakExamples  
n. one that opposes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
  jungle   speakExamples  
n. land densely overgrown with tropical trees and plants
2025-01-07   (Back to the Day)
  uncertainty   speakExamples  
n. the state of being unsure of something
n. being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
  argue   speakExamples  
v. invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow an opinion; debate
2024-12-20   (Back to the Day)
  villain   speakExamples  
n. a bad person who harms others or breaks the law; someone who does evil deliberately
n. the principal bad character in a film or fiction
  urgent   speakExamples  
a. very important and needing attention immediately
2024-12-19   (Back to the Day)
  telegraph   speakExamples  
n. a method of sending and receiving messages by electrical or radio signals
  telegram   speakExamples  
n. a message transmitted by telegraph
2024-12-18   (Back to the Day)
  noisy   speakExamples  
a. full of loud and nonmusical sounds
  meadow   speakExamples  
n a field with grass and often wild flowers in it
n. any field on which grass is grown for hay
2024-12-17   (Back to the Day)
  diamond   speakExamples  
n. a precious stone consisting of a clear and colorless crystalline form of pure carbon
n. the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
  competition   speakExamples  
n. struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
2024-12-16   (Back to the Day)
  slaughter   speakExamples  
n. act of killing, extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage
  assent   speakExamples  
v. express agreement to what is proposed; accept
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University of Florida
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