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: 2026-05-08
browbeatspeak speak spelling sentences 
v. bully; intimidate; discourage or frighten with threats
It is not a very manly thing, Mr. Holmes, to come here and browbeat a woman.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
caldronspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron
She set on every dish; and I always saw in her face, a face rising out of the caldron.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVI
In an immense caldron soup was boiling; and rabbits and hares were being roasted on a spit.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
Then the great caldron tilted back again, empty, and Jurgis saw to his relief that no one was hurt, and turned and followed his guide out into the sunlight.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-05-07   (Back to the Day)
  balmy   Example sentences     speak
a. mild and pleasant; extremely foolish
  becalm   Example sentences     speak
v. keep from motion, or stop progress of; make calm or still
  bovine   Example sentences     speak
a. dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
2026-05-06   (Back to the Day)
  avid   Example sentences     speak
a. greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm
  avocation   Example sentences     speak
n. activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
2026-05-05   (Back to the Day)
  abrogate   Example sentences     speak
a. abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
  agglomeration   Example sentences     speak
n. collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass
  antagonize   Example sentences     speak
v. provoke the hostility of; act in opposition to
2026-05-04   (Back to the Day)
  abrasion   Example sentences     speak
n. the process of scraping or wearing away; scratch; friction
  abrasive   Example sentences     speak
a. rubbing away; tending to grind down
2026-04-30   (Back to the Day)
  abbreviate   Example sentences     speak
v. make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
  aberrant   Example sentences     speak
n. abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm
  abet   Example sentences     speak
v. aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
2026-04-29   (Back to the Day)
  appliance   Example sentences     speak
n. durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
  recant   Example sentences     speak
v. retract a previous statement; sing over again; utter repeatedly in song
2026-04-28   (Back to the Day)
  barrage   Example sentences     speak
n. artificial obstruction; heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles
  belittle   Example sentences     speak
v. disparage or depreciate; put down
  exemplify   Example sentences     speak
v. serve as an example of; embody
2026-04-27   (Back to the Day)
  invert   Example sentences     speak
v. turn upside down or inside out; reverse the position, order, or condition of
  allot   Example sentences     speak
v. parcel out in parts or portions; distribute to each individual concerned; assign as a share or lot
2026-04-24   (Back to the Day)
  trident   Example sentences     speak
n. a spear with three prongs
  begrudge   Example sentences     speak
v. resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of
2026-04-23   (Back to the Day)
  demean   Example sentences     speak
v. degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing
  fend   Example sentences     speak
v. ward off; make an effort to resist; keep off; prevent from entering
  rowdy   Example sentences     speak
n. rough, disorderly person; boisterous person
2026-04-22   (Back to the Day)
  consensus   Example sentences     speak
n. general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
  leaflet   Example sentences     speak
n. small leaf; leaf like organ or part
2026-04-21   (Back to the Day)
  parsimonious   Example sentences     speak
a. excessively unwilling to spend; excessively sparing or frugal
  prospector   Example sentences     speak
n. someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
  overshadow   Example sentences     speak
v. throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence
2026-04-20   (Back to the Day)
  pseudonym   Example sentences     speak
n. pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
  orchid   Example sentences     speak
n. plants usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
2026-04-17   (Back to the Day)
  inscribe   Example sentences     speak
v. write or engrave; mark down as something to be read; imprint; assign or address to
  inaugurate   Example sentences     speak
v. start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
2026-04-16   (Back to the Day)
  succinct   Example sentences     speak
a. brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
  tarnish   Example sentences     speak
v. make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt
  outstrip   Example sentences     speak
v. exceed or surpass; leave behind
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