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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Animal Farm by George Orwell
 Word of the Day for Grade 11
Specified Day: 2026-02-06
approximatelyspeak speak spelling sentences 
ad. nearly correct or exact; close in value or amount but not precise; about; roughly
Carol gazed with a polite approximation to interest at Mr. Dashaway, a tan person with a wide mouth.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
One foot in the shortened stirrup and the other leg crooked about the pommel in an approximation of a side saddle, she set out across the fields toward Mimosa, steeling herself to find it burned.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
repugnantspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive; hateful
But the first was repugnant to him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
I believe that she is capable of heroic self-sacrifice and that anything dishonourable would be repugnant to her.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
The doors of the two bedrooms faced each other across the narrow upper landing, and to-night it was peculiarly repugnant to him that Mattie should see him follow Zeena.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-02-05   (Back to the Day)
  rend   Example sentences     speak
v. split; tear or split apart or into pieces violently
  predominant   Example sentences     speak
a. most frequent or common; having superior power and influence
  favorably   Example sentences     speak
ad. showing approval; with approval
2026-02-04   (Back to the Day)
  sleek   Example sentences     speak
a. having an even, smooth surface; smooth; not rough or harsh
  revel   Example sentences     speak
v. to take great pleasure or delight; make merry
2026-02-03   (Back to the Day)
  infidel   Example sentences     speak
n. one who does not hold same religious beliefs as another
  surmise   Example sentences     speak
v. guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
  sustenance   Example sentences     speak
n. act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
2026-02-02   (Back to the Day)
  disperse   Example sentences     speak
v. move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
  impersonal   Example sentences     speak
a. having no personal preference; objective
2026-01-30   (Back to the Day)
  fraught   Example sentences     speak
a. furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
  stealthy   Example sentences     speak
a. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
2026-01-29   (Back to the Day)
  tying   Example sentences     speak
n. the act of tying or binding things together
  surpass   Example sentences     speak
v. be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
  vie   Example sentences     speak
v. strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
2026-01-28   (Back to the Day)
  aperture   Example sentences     speak
n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole
  clamor   Example sentences     speak
n. noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest
2026-01-27   (Back to the Day)
  conflagration   Example sentences     speak
a. large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict
  fragile   Example sentences     speak
a. easy to destroy, delicate, not strong
  eke   Example sentences     speak
v. supplement with great effort; add to; augment
2026-01-26   (Back to the Day)
  incidentally   Example sentences     speak
ad. by chance; as a chance occurrence; accidentally
  terrestrial   Example sentences     speak
a. earthly, as opposed to celestial; pertaining to the land
2026-01-23   (Back to the Day)
  implacable   Example sentences     speak
a. incapable of being pacified; not to be relieved;
  commissioner   Example sentences     speak
n. person authorized by a commission to perform certain duties; member of a commission
2026-01-22   (Back to the Day)
  affront   Example sentences     speak
n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
  ineffectual   Example sentences     speak
a. insufficient to produce a desired effect; fruitless
  hindrance   Example sentences     speak
n. something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle
2026-01-21   (Back to the Day)
  ardently   Example sentences     speak
ad. very enthusiastically or passionately
  abashed   Example sentences     speak
v. cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
2026-01-20   (Back to the Day)
  absorption   Example sentences     speak
n. process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion; state of mental concentration
  havoc   Example sentences     speak
n. wide and general destruction; devastation; waste
  publicity   Example sentences     speak
n. state of being public; information to attract public notice
2026-01-19   (Back to the Day)
  boisterous   Example sentences     speak
a. rough and stormy; loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
  stalwart   Example sentences     speak
a. marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm and resolute
2026-01-16   (Back to the Day)
  outright   Example sentences     speak
ad. altogether; entirely; without reservation or exception
  embroidery   Example sentences     speak
n. elaboration by the use of decorative detail; ornamentation of fabric with needlework
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