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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Word of the Day for Kids (Grade 6)
Specified Day: 2026-09-09
| authority |     |
n. jurisdiction; power to enforce laws
n. government
n. government
Diana looked and spoke with a certain authority: she had a will, evidently.
We thought Hannah was overdoing the authority business, and your mother ought to know.
A nothing vexed him; and suspected slights of his authority nearly threw him into fits.
| terrible | |
a. extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
a. very bad at doing something
a. very bad at doing something
It was a terrible spectacle: I witnessed it myself.
I could hear the owls and the wolves away off in the woods, and it seemed terrible still.
I was in a terrible fright, and kept as far as I could from the edge, for fear of falling.
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-09-08 (Back to the Day)
conversation 
n. oral exchange of opinions or ideas, informal dialogue
opportunity
n. chance or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do
2026-09-07 (Back to the Day)
occasion
n. a particular time, especially when something happens or has happened
n. opportunity to do something
n. opportunity to do something
respect
n. admiration felt or shown for someone
n. a particular feature or detail
n. a particular feature or detail
2026-09-04 (Back to the Day)
drew
n. (past tense) make a picture with a pencil or pen
evil
a. morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant
n. something that is very bad and harmful
n. something that is very bad and harmful
2026-09-03 (Back to the Day)
future
n. the time to come
n. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
n. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
receive
v. get or be given something; accept as true or valid
2026-09-02 (Back to the Day)
dear
a. regarded with deep affection; cherished by someone
ad. at a high cost
ad. at a high cost
daughter
n. a female human offspring
Below words are in grade 5
2026-06-11
weekend
n. a time period extending from Friday night through Sunday
2026-06-10
thermal
a. relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
touchdown
n. landing; a score in American football
2026-06-09
teammate
n. a fellow member of a team
therapy
n. healing power or quality; treatment of illness
2026-06-08
stole
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
v. (path tense) take another's stuff without permission, and don't want to return it
2026-06-05
softball
n. game closely resembling baseball, played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer
2026-06-04
skateboard
n. a board with wheels, ridden in a standing and propelled by foot
snack
n. a small amount of food eaten between meals
2026-06-03
semester
n. term; half a year; a period of 6 months; one of two divisions of an academic year
sensitize
v. make sensitive to a drug or allergen
v. cause to sense; make sensitive
v. cause to sense; make sensitive
2026-06-02
referral
n. an act of referring someone or something for consultation
n. a person whose case has been referred to other part
n. a person whose case has been referred to other part
reuse
v. use again or more than once
2026-05-29
nighttime
n. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
2026-05-28
mistreat
v. treat badly
motorcycle
n. a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame