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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Word of the Day for Grade 12
Specified Day: 2025-11-11
| uncouth |     |
a. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
He was a little wild, uncouth and proud.
He was an uncouth man, but deeply imbued in the secrets of his science.
He ate in a ravenous way that was very disagreeable, and all his actions were uncouth, noisy, and greedy.
| timely | |
a. being or occurring in good time; sufficiently early; seasonable
This momentous pocket-book was a timely reminder to him of another transaction.
By her next speech, Jo deprived herself of several years of pleasure, and received a timely lesson in the art of holding her tongue.
The boy grew more daring, and Mrs. Pontellier might have found herself, in a little while, listening to a highly colored story but for the timely appearance of Madame Lebrun.
| folio | |
n. a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
By good rights he should only be treated of in imperial folio.
Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy.
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2025-11-10 (Back to the Day)
equilibrium 
n. mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
respite
n. usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
2025-11-07 (Back to the Day)
atrocious
a. shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing
aggregate
v. gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
2025-11-06 (Back to the Day)
variable
n. factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
prestige
n. impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
smelt
v. melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
2025-11-05 (Back to the Day)
contradictory
a. nature of, or being a contradiction; mutually exclusive; opposing
pregnant
a. expecting a baby; carrying within the body or being about to produce new life
2025-11-04 (Back to the Day)
inquisitive
a. disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer; given to examination, investigation, or research
dispense
v. distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
legacy
n. gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
2025-11-03 (Back to the Day)
inaccessible
a. unreachable; not available; unattainable
conclusive
a. decisive or convincing; achieved easily or by a large margin
2025-10-31 (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
2025-10-30 (Back to the Day)
stability
n. the quality or state of something that is not easily changed or likely to change
conveyance
n. act of conveying; tools of conveying, especially vehicle for transportation
capricious
a. fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
2025-10-29 (Back to the Day)
ethical
a. conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; adhering to ethical and moral principles
confound
v. cause to become confused or perplexed; fail to distinguish; mix up
2025-10-28 (Back to the Day)
deplorable
a. of very poor quality or condition; bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
ferocity
n. savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty
secluded
a. removed or remote from others; solitary; hidden or isolated
2025-10-27 (Back to the Day)
tout
v. advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
pensive
a. deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
2025-10-24 (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
2025-10-23 (Back to the Day)
ordinance
n. decree; authoritative command or order
auspicious
a. attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous
ritual
n. procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
2025-10-22 (Back to the Day)
colleague
n. fellow worker; associate; co-worker
encampment
n. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
2025-10-21 (Back to the Day)
aesthetic
a. elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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