12th Grade Words of the Day

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 Word of the Day for Grade 12
Specified Day: 2024-05-02
veneratespeak speak spelling sentences 
v. treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of
A good evening to you, venerable Father Wilson.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
Our venerable instructor was a great deal older, and not improved in appearance.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
Nothing could exceed the love and respect which the younger cottagers exhibited towards their venerable companion.
Frankenstein By Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
contentiousspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
heirloomspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. something that has been in a family for generations
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2024-04-30   (Back to the Day)
  quandary   speakExamples  
n. dilemma; state of uncertainty or perplexity
  aphorism   speakExamples  
n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
  delineate   speakExamples  
v. portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out
2024-04-29   (Back to the Day)
  optics   speakExamples  
n. the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of ligh; optical properties
  rhapsody   speakExamples  
n. an epic poem adapted for recitation
2024-04-26   (Back to the Day)
  liberalism   speakExamples  
n. a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution
  surreptitious   speakExamples  
a. secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently
2024-04-25   (Back to the Day)
  curtail   speakExamples  
v. cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
  bureaucracy   speakExamples  
n. over regulated administrative system
  qualm   speakExamples  
n. sudden feeling of sickness or faintness; sudden attack of illness
2024-04-24   (Back to the Day)
  remittance   speakExamples  
n. transmitting money, bills, especially to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation
  laud   speakExamples  
v. give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
2024-04-23   (Back to the Day)
  duct   speakExamples  
n. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; an enclosed conduit for a fluid
  expedite   speakExamples  
v. process fast and efficiently; execute quickly and efficiently
  scrutinize   speakExamples  
v. examine closely and critically
2024-04-22   (Back to the Day)
  tangent   speakExamples  
n. ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
  flail   speakExamples  
v. thresh about; give a thrashing to; beat hard
2024-04-19   (Back to the Day)
  scrimmage   speakExamples  
n. a noisy riotous fight; a confused struggle
  farcical   speakExamples  
a. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
2024-04-18   (Back to the Day)
  reinstate   speakExamples  
v. place again in possession, or in a former state; restore to a state from which one had been removed
  bogus   speakExamples  
a. counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine
  hoax   speakExamples  
n. act intended to deceive or trick; practical joke
2024-04-17   (Back to the Day)
  glaze   speakExamples  
n. thin smooth shiny coating; glassy film, as one over the eyes
  charlatan   speakExamples  
n. quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance
2024-04-16   (Back to the Day)
  whet   speakExamples  
v. sharpen, as knife; make more keen; stimulate
  impeach   speakExamples  
v. make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of
  daunt   speakExamples  
v. frighten; abate the courage of; discourage
2024-04-15   (Back to the Day)
  disillusion   speakExamples  
n. a freeing or a being freed from illusion or conviction
  glib   speakExamples  
a. performed with a natural or offhand ease
2024-04-12   (Back to the Day)
  recondite   speakExamples  
a. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
  abdicate   speakExamples  
v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
2024-04-11   (Back to the Day)
  broach   speakExamples  
v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
  grandiose   speakExamples  
a. impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent
  choleric   speakExamples  
a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
2024-04-10   (Back to the Day)
  collegiate   speakExamples  
a. of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
  linear   speakExamples  
a. having form of a line; straight; consisting of lines; lineal
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