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 Animal Farm by George Orwell |
Word of the Day for Grade 9
Specified Day: 2026-11-05
| assault |     |
n. a physical attack; onslaught
And still puffing at his pipe, Stubb cheered on his crew to the assault.
A white and colored man were implicated in the assault upon a white girl.
This was worse than before: the youth grew crimson, and clenched his fist, with every appearance of a meditated assault.
| breadth | |
n. measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
Heathcliff measured the height and breadth of the speaker with an eye full of derision.
Miss Stepney, when her first fright had subsided, began to feel the superiority that greater breadth of mind confers.
He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders.
| withdraw | |
v. remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
He went: I watched the light withdraw.
The ladies rose; they seemed about to withdraw to the parlour.
You have already as good as put your hand to the plough: you are too consistent to withdraw it.
Review Words:
Recent 15 days
Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2026-11-04 (Back to the Day)
convert 
n. change something into another form; transform
outline
n. line that appears to bound an object; shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
2026-11-03 (Back to the Day)
hospitality
n. act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
reflect
v. throw or bend back light from a surface; give back or show an image of; mirror
attain
v. achieve or accomplish; gain
2026-11-02 (Back to the Day)
adopt
v. accept; take on; raise; take into one's family
differ
v. be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
2026-10-30 (Back to the Day)
justify
v. adjust the spaces between words; show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
awkward
a. difficult to handle or manage
2026-10-29 (Back to the Day)
warrant
n. guarantee; assurance by seller; authorization or certification
rejoice
v. feel joy; experience gladness in a high degree; have pleasurable satisfaction; be delighted; enjoy
abuse
n. improper use or handling; misuse
2026-10-28 (Back to the Day)
conspicuous
a. noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious
conclude
v. enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
2026-10-27 (Back to the Day)
victor
n. a person who defeats an enemy or opponent in competition; winner
crimson
a. of a rich deep red color inclining to purple; bloody
retain
v. keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
2026-10-26 (Back to the Day)
crisis
n. dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
affect
v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
2026-10-23 (Back to the Day)
vivid
a. bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
calculate
v. compute; determine; estimate
2026-10-22 (Back to the Day)
discharge
v. relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
foul
n. act that violates of the rules of a sport
uneasy
a. not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
2026-10-21 (Back to the Day)
contract
v. constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
anguish
n. agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering
2026-10-20 (Back to the Day)
vital
a. full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
envy
n. malice; ill will; discontent or uneasiness at another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with hatred
alter
v. modify; cause to change; make different; convert
2026-10-19 (Back to the Day)
temporary
a. not permanent; lasting for only a limited period of time
pursue
v. follow in; go in search of or hunt for
2026-10-16 (Back to the Day)
employ
v. engage the services of; put to work; apply
effective
a. efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response
2026-10-15 (Back to the Day)
neglect
v. disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
establish
v. set up or found; build
dispute
n. argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate