9th Grade Words of the Day
To help grade 9 students learn words at their levels efficiently, in addition to showing words of the day, the page also has words of recent 15 or 50 days to review. It's a handy app for grade 9 students to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.
| Word of the Day for Grade 9 |
Specified Day: 2024-05-02
| clammy |     |
a. having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
His face was of a clammy pallor.
Her hand, with palm clammy with perspiration, slid into his.
Sweat broke out on Scarlett with clammy dampness, whenever this thought entered her mind.
| loot | |
n. act of plundering; plunder; booty, especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city
In a swath eighty miles wide the Yankees were looting and burning.
To Scarlett, that uniform and those gold buttons would always mean the fears of the siege, the terror of flight, the looting and burning, the desperate poverty and the grinding work at Tara.
He hoped the ladies would never hear of the horrors of the looted cemetery, for they'd never get over that.
| ooze | |
v. be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
That silence seemed to ooze out of the ground, to hang under the foliage of the black maple trees with the bats and shadows.
I saw the water ooze in at several crannies, although the leaks were not considerable, and I endeavoured to stop them as well as I could.
Little Wade had to be held up time and again, so that ladies who ventured as far through the ooze as their carriage blocks could exclaim over him.
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almond 
Examples
Examples n. deciduous tree, native to Asia and northern Africa and having alternate, simple leaves, pink flowers, and leathery fruits
dual Examples
Examples a. expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
synthesis Examples
Examples n. combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
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upheaval Examples
Examples n. violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
endow Examples
Examples v. grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
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scoff Examples
Examples v. mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
restrict Examples
Examples v. keep or confine within limits
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fissure Examples
Examples n. long narrow opening ; long narrow depression in surface
jeopardy Examples
Examples n. exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; risk of loss or injury
hostage Examples
Examples n. prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
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retrieve Examples
Examples v. recover; find and bring in; get back
scuffle Examples
Examples v. shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion
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reinforce Examples
Examples v. give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen; enhance
stuffy Examples
Examples a. stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
sift Examples
Examples v. separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
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canary Examples
Examples n. pale yellowish color; wine made in the Canary Islands; canary bird; quick and lively dance
impede Examples
Examples v. hinder; charge with improper conduct; challenge validity of; try to discredit
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fuse Examples
Examples v. combine; blend; become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat
rampant Examples
Examples a. unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
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discard Examples
Examples v. throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
oligarchy Examples
Examples n. government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
shred Examples
Examples n. a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long irregular strip that is cut or torn off
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tentative Examples
Examples a. hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
baffle Examples
Examples v. frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
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agile Examples
Examples a. moving quickly and lightly; mentally quick
stench Examples
Examples n. strong, foul odor; stink; foul quality; offensive odor
prodigy Examples
Examples n. person with exceptional talents or powers; wonder
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imperturbable Examples
Examples a. unshakably calm; placid; incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted
babble Examples
Examples v. talk foolishly or idly; utter meaningless confusion of words or sounds
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rigor Examples
Examples n. strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
coincide Examples
Examples v. occur at the same time as; correspond
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approximate Examples
Examples v. come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity; come near
outstanding Examples
Examples a. distinguished from others in excellence
drab Examples
Examples a. dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise
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ostrich Examples
Examples n. large bird of the genus Struthio
fraudulent Examples
Examples a. cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud
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