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.

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Animal Farm by George Orwell
 Word of the Day for Grade 9
Specified Day: 2026-09-07
portionspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
The shout died into a murmur, as one portion of the crowd after another obtained a glimpse of him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
These emotions, in fact, and its bitterest scorn besides, seemed to be the sole portion that she retained in the universal heart.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
I have traversed a vast portion of the earth and have endured all the hardships which travellers in deserts and barbarous countries are wont to meet.
Frankenstein By Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
numerousspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
That these likenesses had grown more numerous, as he, coming over the sea, had drawn nearer.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
I keep it and rear it rather on the Roman Catholic principle of expiating numerous sins, great or small, by one good work.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
One of his most intimate friends was a merchant who, from a flourishing state, fell, through numerous mischances, into poverty.
Frankenstein By Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
Review Words:   Recent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2026-09-04   (Back to the Day)
  obtain   Example sentences     speak
v. get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
  peculiar   Example sentences     speak
a. special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
2026-09-03   (Back to the Day)
  permission   Example sentences     speak
n. consent; approval to do something
  distribute   Example sentences     speak
v. hand out; disseminate; allocate
  vast   Example sentences     speak
a. large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity
2026-09-02   (Back to the Day)
  desire   Example sentences     speak
n. a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen
  mere   Example sentences     speak
a. being nothing more than what is specified; considered apart from anything else; small; slight
Below words are in grade 8
2026-06-30   (Back to the Day)
  wildebeest   Example sentences     speak
n. a large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
  yogurt   Example sentences     speak
n. a slightly sour, thick liquid made from milk with bacteria added to it
2026-06-29   (Back to the Day)
  unison   Example sentences     speak
n. corresponding exactly
n. two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch
  vitamin   Example sentences     speak
n. any of a group of natural substances that are necessary in small amounts for the growth and good health
2026-06-26   (Back to the Day)
  unicycle   Example sentences     speak
n. a vehicle like a bicycle with only one wheel
  unify   Example sentences     speak
v. integrate; make into or become one unit
2026-06-25   (Back to the Day)
  typhoon   Example sentences     speak
n. tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific; violent whirlwind
  unbreakable   Example sentences     speak
a. impossible to break especially under ordinary usage
2026-06-24   (Back to the Day)
  trajectory   Example sentences     speak
n. curved path an object follows after it is thrown or shot into the air
n. an object moving under the action of given forces
  tundra   Example sentences     speak
n. permanently frozen and treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
2026-06-23   (Back to the Day)
  thermonuclear   Example sentences     speak
a. relating to nuclear reactions that happen only at very high temperatures
  thermos   Example sentences     speak
n. a special container that keeps drinks hot or cold
2026-06-22   (Back to the Day)
  technician   Example sentences     speak
n. one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
  terrapin   Example sentences     speak
n. a type of small North American turtle that lives in warm rivers and lakes
2026-06-19   (Back to the Day)
  sympathize   Example sentences     speak
v. understand and care about someone's problems
v. support and agree with someone or something
  synchronize   Example sentences     speak
v. happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
2026-06-18   (Back to the Day)
  specialize   Example sentences     speak
v. study or work on a particular subject or skill more than any others; particularize
  sulfur   Example sentences     speak
n. a pale yellow chemical element that exists in various physical forms, it burns with a blue flame and a strong smell
2026-06-17   (Back to the Day)
  socialize   Example sentences     speak
v. take part in social activities; interact with others
  soloist   Example sentences     speak
n. a musician who performs a single
2026-06-16   (Back to the Day)
  saccharin   Example sentences     speak
n. a very sweet artificial substance that is used to replace sugar, as a calorie-free sweetener
  semicolon   Example sentences     speak
n. a punctuation mark ' ; ' used to connect independent clauses
2026-06-15   (Back to the Day)
  rectangle   Example sentences     speak
n. a flat shape with four sides and four right angles, with opposite sides of equal length
  reusable   Example sentences     speak
a. capable of being used again
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