9th Grade Words of the Day
This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 9 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 9th-grade students to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Word of the Day for Grade 9
Specified Day: 2026-03-06
| strategy |     |
n. elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
They had been full of strategy.
The reddleman, stung with suspicion of wrong to Thomasin, was aroused to strategy in a moment.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
They had learned retreating under Old Joe, who had made it as great a feat of strategy as advancing.
| tidy | |
a. being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
You look very prosperous and very, very tidy.
It was beautifully clean inside, and as tidy as possible.
You must let her have a maid to keep things tidy about her, and you must treat her kindly.
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2026-03-05 (Back to the Day)
focus 
n. most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest or activity
loom
v. appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
shroud
v. hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
2026-03-04 (Back to the Day)
celebrity
n. a widely known person; the state of being well known
drought
n. dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall
2026-03-03 (Back to the Day)
symptom
n. sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
infirmity
n. weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age
lull
n. moment of calm; a period of calm weather; temporary quiet and rest
2026-03-02 (Back to the Day)
excel
v. be superior; distinguish oneself
repel
v. force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
2026-02-27 (Back to the Day)
blockade
n. shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage
export
v. sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale
2026-02-26 (Back to the Day)
ferry
n. shuttle; transport by boat or aircraft
prerogative
n. privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
hazardous
a. dangerous; reckless; daring; inclined to run risks
2026-02-25 (Back to the Day)
haven
n. refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
edict
n. decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command
2026-02-24 (Back to the Day)
cooperation
n. practice of cooperating; joint operation or action
dejected
a. being in low spirits; depressed
pyramid
n. a massive memorial with a square base and four triangular sides; built as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
2026-02-23 (Back to the Day)
firmament
n. fixed foundation; established base; region of the air; sky or heavens; the most remote of the celestial spheres
apprehensive
a. capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
2026-02-20 (Back to the Day)
supplement
v. add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
embark
v. commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey
2026-02-19 (Back to the Day)
tremor
n. shaking or vibrating movement; slight quiver
emerge
v. come into prominence; spring up; appear
dissolve
v. melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
2026-02-18 (Back to the Day)
infection
n. moral corruption or contamination; invasion of body which can lead to tissue damage and disease
invaluable
a. valuable under estimation; inestimable; priceless
2026-02-17 (Back to the Day)
arena
n. playing field where sports events take place; large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
particle
n. a tiny piece of anything
span
n. duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
2026-02-16 (Back to the Day)
crafty
a. relating to, or characterized by, skill; dexterous; skillful
finance
n. management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
2026-02-13 (Back to the Day)
lash
n. any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
myth
n. legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history