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: 2026-03-13
inaugurationspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. the ceremonial induction into a position; the act of starting a new operation or practice
Miss Josephine Sleary, as some very long and very narrow strips of printed bill announced, was then inaugurating the entertainments with her graceful equestrian Tyrolean flower-act.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
I'd rather Bonnie was invited to eat dry bread in the Picards' miserable house or Mrs. Elsing's rickety barn than to be the belle of a Republican inaugural ball.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
outpostspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops; a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
They were the outposts of the Snow Queen.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
Review Words:   Recent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2026-03-12   (Back to the Day)
  artisan   Example sentences     speak
n. manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist
  culpable   Example sentences     speak
a. deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
  axiom   Example sentences     speak
n. self-evident truth requiring no proof
2026-03-11   (Back to the Day)
  eliminate   Example sentences     speak
v. completely remove or get rid of; abolish; rule out
  gymnasium   Example sentences     speak
n. place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics
2026-03-10   (Back to the Day)
  inviolable   Example sentences     speak
a. secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable
  banter   Example sentences     speak
n. good-humored, playful conversation
  betide   Example sentences     speak
v. become of; happen especially as if by fate
2026-03-09   (Back to the Day)
  deceptive   Example sentences     speak
a. misleading, likely or attempting to deceive; fraudulent
  influx   Example sentences     speak
n. flowing into; mass arrival or incoming
2026-03-06   (Back to the Day)
  warily   Example sentences     speak
ad. in a way that shows a lack of trust; suspiciously; cautiously; carefully
  wrest   Example sentences     speak
v. obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
2026-03-05   (Back to the Day)
  gully   Example sentences     speak
n. deep ditch cut by running water, especially after a prolonged downpour
  enumerate   Example sentences     speak
v. list each one; mention one by one
  contraband   Example sentences     speak
n. goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
2026-03-04   (Back to the Day)
  ably   Example sentences     speak
ad. with competence; in a competent capable manner
  lifelong   Example sentences     speak
a. continuing through life; lasting or remaining in a particular state throughout life
2026-03-03   (Back to the Day)
  symphony   Example sentences     speak
n. large orchestra; harmony, especially of sound or color
  tribulation   Example sentences     speak
n. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
  vivacious   Example sentences     speak
a. animated; lively; vigorous and active
2026-03-02   (Back to the Day)
  gore   Example sentences     speak
n. dirt; mud; blood; especially, blood that after effusion has become thick or clotted; wedge-shaped or triangular piece of cloth
  institute   Example sentences     speak
n. advance or set forth in court; association organized to promote art or science or education
2026-02-27   (Back to the Day)
  optimism   Example sentences     speak
n. tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
  hover   Example sentences     speak
v. hang about; wait nearby; remain floating
2026-02-26   (Back to the Day)
  birthright   Example sentences     speak
n. a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
  delegate   Example sentences     speak
n. person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy
  exasperation   Example sentences     speak
n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance; actions that cause great irritation
2026-02-25   (Back to the Day)
  ennui   Example sentences     speak
n. feeling of being bored by something tedious
  crevice   Example sentences     speak
n. gap; a long narrow opening
2026-02-24   (Back to the Day)
  fallacy   Example sentences     speak
n. deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
  irreparable   Example sentences     speak
a. not able to be corrected or repaired
  bane   Example sentences     speak
n. something causes misery or death; curse; fatal injury or ruin
2026-02-23   (Back to the Day)
  philanthropy   Example sentences     speak
n. voluntary promotion of human welfare
  callous   Example sentences     speak
a. emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened
2026-02-20   (Back to the Day)
  simile   Example sentences     speak
n. comparison of one thing with another, in English generally using like or as
  mediation   Example sentences     speak
n. the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement; negotiation to resolve differences
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