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: 2025-12-23
There is no new word today!
Every weekend, the first day of each month, winter break (Dec 23 to Jan 6), and summer (part of July and all of August) are word-free days.
Today has no new words, but you can review the recent ones from 2025-12-22.
| dregs |     |
n. sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
| dupe | |
n. easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
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2025-12-22 (Back to the Day)
dregs 
n. sediment settled at bottom of liquid; waste or worthless matter
dupe
n. easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image
2025-12-19 (Back to the Day)
bland
a. lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
illegitimate
a. not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper
2025-12-18 (Back to the Day)
residue
n. remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
panorama
v. complete view in every direction.
ire
n. anger; wrath; keen resentment; irritate
2025-12-17 (Back to the Day)
plebeian
a. crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar
equanimity
n. calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.
2025-12-16 (Back to the Day)
default
n. failure to act; an option that is selected automatically
oblique
a. having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined
brevity
n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
2025-12-15 (Back to the Day)
creditor
n. a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
froth
v. exude or expel foam; make froth or foam and become bubbly
2025-12-12 (Back to the Day)
abate
v. subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
inducement
n. something that helps bring about an action or a desired result; an incentive
2025-12-11 (Back to the Day)
dormant
a. sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
jargon
n. language used by a special group; technical terminology; nonsensical or meaningless talk
negotiate
v. discuss the terms of an arrangement
2025-12-10 (Back to the Day)
apex
n. highest point; vertex; summit; climax
stolid
a. dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
2025-12-09 (Back to the Day)
embryo
n. completely undeveloped form; an animal organism in the early stages of growth
deposition
n. testimony under oath; act of depositing, especially laying down of matter by natural process
candor
n. frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
2025-12-08 (Back to the Day)
frugal
a. sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
lucid
a. easily understood; expressed clearly; bright or luminous
2025-12-05 (Back to the Day)
inert
a. inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act
unerring
a. not liable to error; always right or accurate
2025-12-04 (Back to the Day)
docile
a. obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
prelude
n. introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface
clemency
n. mildness, as of the weather; merciful, kind, or lenient act
2025-12-03 (Back to the Day)
simultaneous
a. existing, happening, or done at the same time
vestige
n. trace; remains; indication that something has been happened
2025-12-02 (Back to the Day)
blasphemy
n. act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity
taint
v. contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
designate
v. indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to