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: 2026-09-09
committedspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. feeling dedication and loyalty to a cause, activity, or job; devoted
I felt as if I had committed some great crime, the consciousness of which haunted me.
Frankenstein By Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
He was committed to take his trial at the next Sessions, which would come on in a month.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LV
A highly popular murder had been committed, and Mr. Wopsle was imbrued in blood to the eyebrows.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
acquaintancespeak speak spelling sentences 
n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something
I turned again to my new acquaintance.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
I made the pleasure of his acquaintance just after the war.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
Pearl saw, and gazed intently, but never sought to make acquaintance.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
Review Words:   Recent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2026-09-08   (Back to the Day)
  extraordinary   Example sentences     speak
a. exceptional; remarkable; beyond what is ordinary or usual
  absence   Example sentences     speak
n. state of being absent; state of being away
  spiritual   Example sentences     speak
a. not tangible or material; belonging to religion; sacred; supernatural
2026-09-07   (Back to the Day)
  expense   Example sentences     speak
n. amounts paid for goods and services
  distinguished   Example sentences     speak
a. prominent; celebrated, well-known or eminent because of past achievements
2026-09-04   (Back to the Day)
  ordinary   Example sentences     speak
a. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; lacking special distinction, rank, or status
  prove   Example sentences     speak
v. increase in volume; be shown or be found to be; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
2026-09-03   (Back to the Day)
  considerable   Example sentences     speak
a. worthy of consideration; large in amount, extent, or degree
  religious   Example sentences     speak
a. of religion; concerned with religion; having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity
  sufficient   Example sentences     speak
a. adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
2026-09-02   (Back to the Day)
  gentleman   Example sentences     speak
n. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; a man of refinement
  regard   Example sentences     speak
v. deem to be; connect closely and often incriminatingly; look at attentively
Below words are in grade 10
2026-07-13   (Back to the Day)
  xenophobia   Example sentences     speak
n. exaggerated or abnormal fear of strangers or foreigners
2026-07-10   (Back to the Day)
  vignette   Example sentences     speak
n. unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book or chapter; short literary sketch
  whittle   Example sentences     speak
v. reduce or eliminate gradually, with knife; cut small bits off
2026-07-09   (Back to the Day)
  underwrite   Example sentences     speak
v. write under something else; subscribe; assume financial responsibility for; guarantee against failure
  unpronounceable   Example sentences     speak
a. impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly; very difficult to pronounce correctly
  utensil   Example sentences     speak
n. instrument, implement, or container for practical use, especially in kitchen or laboratory
2026-07-08   (Back to the Day)
  undecipherable   Example sentences     speak
a. not easily deciphered; not able to be read or understood
  underhanded   Example sentences     speak
a. short-handed; clandestine; marked by deception
2026-07-07   (Back to the Day)
  teem   Example sentences     speak
v. be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
  tycoon   Example sentences     speak
n. wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate
  unconscionable   Example sentences     speak
a. lacking conscience; greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
2026-07-06   (Back to the Day)
  sprawl   Example sentences     speak
v. extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly
  stymie   Example sentences     speak
v. present obstacle; stump; cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck
2026-07-03   (Back to the Day)
  slovenly   Example sentences     speak
a. messy and dirty; careless and excessively casual
  sobriquet   Example sentences     speak
n. nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of given name
2026-07-02   (Back to the Day)
  resuscitate   Example sentences     speak
v. restored to life; restore consciousness, vigor, or life to; revive
  retentive   Example sentences     speak
a. holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
  savant   Example sentences     speak
n. scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning
2026-06-30   (Back to the Day)
  repertoire   Example sentences     speak
n. list of works of music or drama; class of compositions in a genre; range or number of skills
  replica   Example sentences     speak
n. copy or reproduction of a work of art
  resilient   Example sentences     speak
a. elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily
2026-06-29   (Back to the Day)
  rendition   Example sentences     speak
n. translation, often interpretive; performance of a musical or dramatic work
  renege   Example sentences     speak
v. deny; go back on; fail to fulfill promise or obligation
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