11th Grade Words of the Day
This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 11 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 11th-grade students to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.
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Word of the Day for Grade 11
Specified Day: 2026-03-06
| warily |     |
ad. in a way that shows a lack of trust; suspiciously; cautiously; carefully
Gray old Laska, who had followed them, sat down warily opposite him and pricked up her ears.
At the stairs where we had taken him abroad, and ever since, I had looked warily for any token of our being suspected.
He sat down and took a long rest, torturing himself meanwhile to keep awake, and then started warily down the home-stretch.
| wrest | |
v. obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
She was going to rush into life and wrest from it what she could.
But here are your bonds; pay me differently; and he held the bonds towards Danglars, who seized them like a vulture extending its claws to withhold the food that is being wrested from its grasp.
The Huron chief, after casting the weapons he had wrested from his companions over the rock, drew his knife, and turned to his captive, with a look in which conflicting passions fiercely contended.
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2026-03-05 (Back to the Day)
gully 
n. deep ditch cut by running water, especially after a prolonged downpour
enumerate
v. list each one; mention one by one
contraband
n. goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
2026-03-04 (Back to the Day)
ably
ad. with competence; in a competent capable manner
lifelong
a. continuing through life; lasting or remaining in a particular state throughout life
2026-03-03 (Back to the Day)
symphony
n. large orchestra; harmony, especially of sound or color
tribulation
n. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
vivacious
a. animated; lively; vigorous and active
2026-03-02 (Back to the Day)
gore
n. dirt; mud; blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted; wedge-shaped or triangular piece of cloth
institute
n. advance or set forth in court; association organized to promote art or science or education
2026-02-27 (Back to the Day)
optimism
n. tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
hover
v. hang about; wait nearby; remain floating
2026-02-26 (Back to the Day)
birthright
n. a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
delegate
n. person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy
exasperation
n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance; actions that cause great irritation
2026-02-25 (Back to the Day)
ennui
n. feeling of being bored by something tedious
crevice
n. gap; a long narrow opening
2026-02-24 (Back to the Day)
fallacy
n. deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
irreparable
a. not able to be corrected or repaired
bane
n. something causes misery or death; curse; fatal injury or ruin
2026-02-23 (Back to the Day)
philanthropy
n. voluntary promotion of human welfare
callous
a. emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened
2026-02-20 (Back to the Day)
simile
n. comparison of one thing with another, in English generally using like or as
mediation
n. the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement; negotiation to resolve differences
2026-02-19 (Back to the Day)
recur
v. reappear; happen or occur again
legendary
a. mythical; fabled; extremely well known; famous or renowned
analyze
v. discover or reveal something through detailed examination; diagnose; examine
2026-02-18 (Back to the Day)
undaunted
a. unshaken in purpose; resolutely courageous
allay
v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
2026-02-17 (Back to the Day)
humbug
n. pretentious or silly talk or writing; something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
belated
a. having been delayed; done or sent too late
cite
v. quote; adduce as an instance
2026-02-16 (Back to the Day)
stagnant
a. not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
annexation
n. the formal act of acquiring something by conquest or occupation; incorporation by joining or uniting
2026-02-13 (Back to the Day)
bankruptcy
n. state of being unable to pay your debts
laboriously
ad. in a laborious manner; in a manner requiring much labor