12th Grade Words of the Day

This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 12 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 12th-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 12
Specified Day: 2026-03-06
putridspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. decomposed and foul-smelling; rotten; decayed
suavespeak speak spelling sentences 
a. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; having a sophisticated charm
There was a suave, almost teasing note in his voice and she took heart.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
She had been attracted only by hands that were fine and suave, like those of her father.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
He looked as if he were enjoying himself and when he spoke there was suave brutality in his voice.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-03-05   (Back to the Day)
  cynic   Example sentences     speak
n. a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons
  crypt   Example sentences     speak
n. a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber, especially beneath a church
  obtuse   Example sentences     speak
a. lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
2026-03-04   (Back to the Day)
  usurp   Example sentences     speak
v. seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority
  ratify   Example sentences     speak
v. approve formally; confirm; verify
2026-03-03   (Back to the Day)
  tart   Example sentences     speak
n. a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie
  sediment   Example sentences     speak
n. deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
  tawdry   Example sentences     speak
a. cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent
2026-03-02   (Back to the Day)
  curvature   Example sentences     speak
n. the rate of change at a point of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve; a curving or bending, often abnormal
  emit   Example sentences     speak
v. give off; send out; give out as sound
2026-02-27   (Back to the Day)
  diaphragm   Example sentences     speak
n. a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like
  proficient   Example sentences     speak
a. skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
2026-02-26   (Back to the Day)
  narrate   Example sentences     speak
v. to give an account or tell the story of
  pigment   Example sentences     speak
n. substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
  segment   Example sentences     speak
n. sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
2026-02-25   (Back to the Day)
  misconception   Example sentences     speak
n. mistaken thought, idea, or notion; erroneous conception; false opinion
  formulate   Example sentences     speak
v. decide upon and express in words
2026-02-24   (Back to the Day)
  phenomenal   Example sentences     speak
a. exceedingly or unbelievably great
  rift   Example sentences     speak
n. shallow area in a waterway; break in friendly relations; narrow fissure in rock
  dynamic   Example sentences     speak
a. energetic; vigorously active
2026-02-23   (Back to the Day)
  allure   Example sentences     speak
v. attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive
  rebuff   Example sentences     speak
v. offer sudden or harsh resistance; turn down or shut out; repel or drive back
2026-02-20   (Back to the Day)
  gainsay   Example sentences     speak
v. speak against; contradict; oppose in words; deny or declare not to be true
  epitome   Example sentences     speak
n. representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article
2026-02-19   (Back to the Day)
  celibacy   Example sentences     speak
n. state of being unmarried; single life
  wend   Example sentences     speak
v. go in a specified direction, typically slowly or by an indirect route
  incandescent   Example sentences     speak
a. strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting light as result of being heated
2026-02-18   (Back to the Day)
  superlative   Example sentences     speak
n. an exaggerated expression, usually of praise; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
  repudiate   Example sentences     speak
v. disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
2026-02-17   (Back to the Day)
  hew   Example sentences     speak
v. cut with an ax; fell with a sharp instrument; form or shape with a sharp instrument; cut
  reputable   Example sentences     speak
a. having a good reputation; honorable
  mendicant   Example sentences     speak
n. beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living
2026-02-16   (Back to the Day)
  deft   Example sentences     speak
a. quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
  complicity   Example sentences     speak
n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing
2026-02-13   (Back to the Day)
  hysteria   Example sentences     speak
n. behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic; mental disorder
  dictum   Example sentences     speak
n. a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
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