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.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Animal Farm by George Orwell |
Word of the Day for Grade 12
Specified Day: 2026-11-05
| dispense |     |
v. distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
Let us dispense with useless words.
I was so much better that I thought I could dispense with one.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
This treasure, as in duty bound, I laid at the feet of Steerforth, and begged him to dispense.
| legacy | |
n. gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
There was also a legacy of one thousand pounds.
The legacy, then, had been paid sooner than Gerty had led him to expect.
And it was from Cody that he inherited money--a legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars.
| contradictory | |
a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
You have asserted nothing contradictory to what Mr Elliot appeared to be some years ago.
Her face was captivating by reason of a certain frankness of expression and a contradictory subtle play of features.
By late afternoon the first news came, but it was uncertain, contradictory, frightening, brought as it was by men wounded in the early hours of the battle.
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2026-11-04 (Back to the Day)
conclusive 
a. decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
inquisitive
a. disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
2026-11-03 (Back to the Day)
entreaty
n. a serious and urgent request; an earnest or humble request
oratory
n. place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
inaccessible
a. unreachable; not available; unattainable
2026-11-02 (Back to the Day)
conveyance
n. act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
capricious
a. fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
2026-10-30 (Back to the Day)
confound
v. cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
stability
n. the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
2026-10-29 (Back to the Day)
ferocity
n. savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
secluded
a. removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
ethical
a. conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; adhering to ethical and moral principles
2026-10-28 (Back to the Day)
pensive
a. deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
deplorable
a. of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
2026-10-27 (Back to the Day)
cynical
a. skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic
mystical
a. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
tout
v. advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
2026-10-26 (Back to the Day)
auspicious
a. attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
ritual
n. procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
2026-10-23 (Back to the Day)
encampment
n. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
ordinance
n. decree; authoritative command or order
2026-10-22 (Back to the Day)
organism
n. living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
heritage
n. legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition
colleague
n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
2026-10-21 (Back to the Day)
wistful
a. full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
aesthetic
a. elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
2026-10-20 (Back to the Day)
perspective
n. appearance of things; view, outlook, or vista
reverie
n. daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
abject
a. being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status
2026-10-19 (Back to the Day)
rue
v. feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for; mourn
diverse
a. differing in some characteristics; various
2026-10-16 (Back to the Day)
impertinent
a. improperly forward or bold; rude
intuition
n. immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning
2026-10-15 (Back to the Day)
affectation
n. a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
befall
v. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
invincible
a. incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable