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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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
 Word of the Day for Grade 9
Specified Day: 2026-02-06
blunderspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
She had somehow made a blunder.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
Perceiving myself in a blunder, I attempted to correct it.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
The big eyes told Tom his blunder and he stopped, confused.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
persistspeak speak spelling sentences 
v. continue; insist; persevere
He asked me if I meant to persist in my resistance.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
If they persist in the scheme, they will find something.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
Strange how these illusions will persist even in women as hard headed as you are.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-02-05   (Back to the Day)
  feat   Example sentences     speak
n. an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength; accomplishment
  adorn   Example sentences     speak
v. enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments
  implore   Example sentences     speak
v. beg for urgently; make an earnest appeal
2026-02-04   (Back to the Day)
  peninsula   Example sentences     speak
n. a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a larger mass of land
  convict   Example sentences     speak
v. find or declare guilty
2026-02-03   (Back to the Day)
  provoke   Example sentences     speak
v. stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
  colossal   Example sentences     speak
a. of extraordinary size; huge; gigantic
  digest   Example sentences     speak
v. break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances
2026-02-02   (Back to the Day)
  interpret   Example sentences     speak
v. explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
  dismiss   Example sentences     speak
v. stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize
2026-01-30   (Back to the Day)
  anticipate   Example sentences     speak
v. act in advance of; deal with ahead of time; predict
  detain   Example sentences     speak
v. keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
2026-01-29   (Back to the Day)
  diminish   Example sentences     speak
v. dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
  omit   Example sentences     speak
v. leave undone or leave out ; bypass; neglect; fail to include or mention
  grudge   Example sentences     speak
v. be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
2026-01-28   (Back to the Day)
  soothe   Example sentences     speak
v. cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
  expanse   Example sentences     speak
n. patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
2026-01-27   (Back to the Day)
  deputy   Example sentences     speak
n. one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office
  commend   Example sentences     speak
v. commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation; recommend as worthy of confidence or regard
  ferocious   Example sentences     speak
a. fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
2026-01-26   (Back to the Day)
  bluff   Example sentences     speak
n. pretense of strength; mislead or deceive
  fuss   Example sentences     speak
n. angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
2026-01-23   (Back to the Day)
  ransom   Example sentences     speak
n. release of property or person in return for payment of a demanded price; price paid for such release
  lament   Example sentences     speak
v. grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
2026-01-22   (Back to the Day)
  quiver   Example sentences     speak
v. shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
  gait   Example sentences     speak
n. manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving
  console   Example sentences     speak
v. cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
2026-01-21   (Back to the Day)
  abundantly   Example sentences     speak
ad. in great numbers; in a plentiful or sufficient degree; plentifully
  vanish   Example sentences     speak
v. disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
2026-01-20   (Back to the Day)
  placid   Example sentences     speak
a. peaceful; tranquil; calm or quiet
  cherish   Example sentences     speak
v. harbor; treasure; treat with affection and tenderness; hold dear
  veteran   Example sentences     speak
n. someone who has given long service
2026-01-19   (Back to the Day)
  linger   Example sentences     speak
v. be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
  peer   Example sentences     speak
v. gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
2026-01-16   (Back to the Day)
  reconciliation   Example sentences     speak
n. act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship
  tariff   Example sentences     speak
n. tax on goods coming into a country
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