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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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
 Word of the Day for Grade 10
Specified Day: 2026-03-06
incitespeak speak spelling sentences 
v. arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist
The dog, incited by its master, sprang over the wicket-gate and pursued the unfortunate baronet, who fled screaming down the yew alley.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By A. Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
Now they had not only the Bureau agitators and the Carpetbaggers urging them on, but the incitement of whisky as well, and outrages were inevitable.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
And thanks to the incitement of the Freedmen's Bureau, negroes could always be found who were willing to bring accusations.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
gingerlyspeak speak spelling sentences 
ad. with great care or delicacy; cautiously
She would venture very gingerly on that experiment.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
Pork beamed under the praise and gingerly rubbed his bandaged leg.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
The conductor took his nickel gingerly, with the tips of his fingers, and then left him with the platform to himself.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
Review Words:   Recent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2026-03-05   (Back to the Day)
  inimical   Example sentences     speak
a. unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
  luscious   Example sentences     speak
a. pleasing or sweet to taste or smell
  restive   Example sentences     speak
a. impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control
2026-03-04   (Back to the Day)
  condensation   Example sentences     speak
n. compression; the conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid
  malevolent   Example sentences     speak
a. having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
2026-03-03   (Back to the Day)
  pivot   Example sentences     speak
n. the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates; axis; center
  peruse   Example sentences     speak
v. read or examine, typically with great care
  landmark   Example sentences     speak
n. the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
2026-03-02   (Back to the Day)
  ordain   Example sentences     speak
v. decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
  haphazard   Example sentences     speak
a. not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance
2026-02-27   (Back to the Day)
  surveillance   Example sentences     speak
n. watching; inspection; close observation of a person or group; supervision
  accede   Example sentences     speak
v. agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede
2026-02-26   (Back to the Day)
  ungainly   Example sentences     speak
a. awkward; lacking grace in movement or posture
  commemorate   Example sentences     speak
v. serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
  bequeath   Example sentences     speak
v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
2026-02-25   (Back to the Day)
  chaotic   Example sentences     speak
a. in utter disorder; lacking visible order or organization
  atheist   Example sentences     speak
n. nonbeliever; one who denies the existence of god
2026-02-24   (Back to the Day)
  irreconcilable   Example sentences     speak
a. incompatible; not able to be resolved
  insuperable   Example sentences     speak
a. incapable of being excelled; unbeatable
  succumb   Example sentences     speak
v. submit to an overpowering force; yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in
2026-02-23   (Back to the Day)
  jubilant   Example sentences     speak
a. happy; merry; joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
  recluse   Example sentences     speak
n. one who lives in solitude; withdrawn from the world; reclusive
2026-02-20   (Back to the Day)
  burrow   Example sentences     speak
n. tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; dig; move through by or as by digging
  gnarled   Example sentences     speak
a. twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
2026-02-19   (Back to the Day)
  graze   Example sentences     speak
v. scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
  coax   Example sentences     speak
v. persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; move to or adjust toward a desired end
  mettle   Example sentences     speak
n. quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character
2026-02-18   (Back to the Day)
  taciturn   Example sentences     speak
a. silent or reserved in speech; saying little; not inclined to speak or converse
  efface   Example sentences     speak
v. rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing
2026-02-17   (Back to the Day)
  menial   Example sentences     speak
a. suitable for servant; having low nature
  masquerade   Example sentences     speak
n. assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks
  oasis   Example sentences     speak
n. fertile or green spot in a waste or desert
2026-02-16   (Back to the Day)
  augment   Example sentences     speak
v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
  poll   Example sentences     speak
n. voting; survey; number of votes cast or recorded
2026-02-13   (Back to the Day)
  amaze   Example sentences     speak
v. astonish; surprise greatly; affect with wonder
  bountiful   Example sentences     speak
a. abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
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