Words of the Day for Kids (Grade 6)

This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 6 children learn words at their levels efficiently; in addition to showing words of the current day, the page also has words of recent 15 or 50 days to review. It's a handy app for children to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.

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Animal Farm by George Orwell
 Word of the Day for Kids (Grade 6)
Specified Day: 2026-09-11
degreespeak speak spelling sentences 
n. a position on a scale of intensity, amount, or quality
n. an academic rank conferred by a college or university after examination
To Catherine and Lydia, neither the letter nor its writer were in any degree interesting.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
As yet, she cannot even be certain of the degree of her own regard nor of its reasonableness.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
With that refreshment I could perhaps regain a degree of energy: without it, it would be difficult to proceed.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
servantspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. a person working in the service of another, especially in the household
n. someone in a subordinate position
Hannah is a model servant, and guards pretty Meg like a dragon.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
He had done so before an upper servant told him to come to the bath and wash himself.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VIII
Slipping out, she ran down and, finding a servant, asked if he could get her a carriage.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THREE
Review Words:   Recent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2026-09-10   (Back to the Day)
  breath   Example sentences     speak
n. air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
  pleasant   Example sentences     speak
a. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
a. having pleasing manners or behavior
2026-09-09   (Back to the Day)
  authority   Example sentences     speak
n. jurisdiction; power to enforce laws
n. government
  terrible   Example sentences     speak
a. extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
a. very bad at doing something
2026-09-08   (Back to the Day)
  conversation   Example sentences     speak
n. oral exchange of opinions or ideas, informal dialogue
  opportunity   Example sentences     speak
n. chance or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do
2026-09-07   (Back to the Day)
  occasion   Example sentences     speak
n. a particular time, especially when something happens or has happened
n. opportunity to do something
  respect   Example sentences     speak
n. admiration felt or shown for someone
n. a particular feature or detail
2026-09-04   (Back to the Day)
  drew   Example sentences     speak
n. (past tense) make a picture with a pencil or pen
  evil   Example sentences     speak
a. morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant
n. something that is very bad and harmful
2026-09-03   (Back to the Day)
  future   Example sentences     speak
n. the time to come
n. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
  receive   Example sentences     speak
v. get or be given something; accept as true or valid
2026-09-02   (Back to the Day)
  dear   Example sentences     speak
a. regarded with deep affection; cherished by someone
ad. at a high cost
  daughter   Example sentences     speak
n. a female human offspring
Below words are in grade 5
2026-06-11  
  weekend   Example sentences     speak
n. a time period extending from Friday night through Sunday
2026-06-10  
  thermal   Example sentences     speak
a. relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
  touchdown   Example sentences     speak
n. landing; a score in American football
2026-06-09  
  teammate   Example sentences     speak
n. a fellow member of a team
  therapy   Example sentences     speak
n. healing power or quality; treatment of illness
2026-06-08  
  stole   Example sentences     speak
n. a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
v. (path tense) take another's stuff without permission, and don't want to return it
2026-06-05  
  softball   Example sentences     speak
n. game closely resembling baseball, played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer
2026-06-04  
  skateboard   Example sentences     speak
n. a board with wheels, ridden in a standing and propelled by foot
  snack   Example sentences     speak
n. a small amount of food eaten between meals
2026-06-03  
  semester   Example sentences     speak
n. term; half a year; a period of 6 months; one of two divisions of an academic year
  sensitize   Example sentences     speak
v. make sensitive to a drug or allergen
v. cause to sense; make sensitive
2026-06-02  
  referral   Example sentences     speak
n. an act of referring someone or something for consultation
n. a person whose case has been referred to other part
  reuse   Example sentences     speak
v. use again or more than once
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