10th Grade Words of the Day

This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 10 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 10th-grade students to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.

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 Word of the Day for Grade 10
Specified Day: 2025-09-30
decreespeak speak spelling sentences 
n. order from one having authority; decision, order, or sentence by court
So he had put forth a decree that whosoever should be able to make her laugh should marry her.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By The Brothers Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE GOLDEN GOOSE
Against such a decree there was no Delaware sufficiently hardy to murmur, much less oppose himself.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29
I, in my stiff-necked rebellion, almost cursed the dispensation: instead of bending to the decree, I defied it.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
ascertainspeak speak spelling sentences 
v. find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of
She felt a morbid desire to ascertain the point.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XV. HESTER AND PEARL
Looking out to ascertain for what, I saw, to My amazement, Peggotty burst from a hedge and climb into the cart.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
I rose, and went into the garden, as soon as I could see, to ascertain if there were any footmarks under his window.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
themespeak speak spelling sentences 
n. subject of conversation or discussion; topic; essay
It is not much to give to the theme that so long filled my heart.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVII
I believe the theme of this incomprehensible conundrum was the moon.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
My reflections on this theme were still in progress when dinner was announced.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2025-09-29   (Back to the Day)
  barren   speakExamples  
a. desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
  accord   speakExamples  
n. settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states
2025-09-26   (Back to the Day)
  avail   speakExamples  
v. turn to advantage of; be of service to; profit; promote
  compassion   speakExamples  
n. sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration
2025-09-25   (Back to the Day)
  session   speakExamples  
n. meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
  awe   speakExamples  
n. mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder; fear, as of something evil
  desolate   speakExamples  
a. unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
2025-09-24   (Back to the Day)
  apprehension   speakExamples  
n. fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; act of seizing or capturing; understanding
  tribute   speakExamples  
n. payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
2025-09-23   (Back to the Day)
  govern   speakExamples  
v. make and administer the public policy and affairs of
  formation   speakExamples  
n. a structure or arrangement of something; pattern
  scarlet   speakExamples  
a. of a brilliant red color
2025-09-22   (Back to the Day)
  ample   speakExamples  
a. more than enough in size or scope or capacity; fairly large
  heed   speakExamples  
v. pay attention to; listen to and consider
2025-09-19   (Back to the Day)
  siege   speakExamples  
n. seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
  furious   speakExamples  
a. extreme anger; raging; full of activity; energetic or rapid
2025-09-18   (Back to the Day)
  perpetual   speakExamples  
a. everlasting; continuing without interruption
  arrange   speakExamples  
v. put in proper order; dispose in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose
  reproach   speakExamples  
v. express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace
2025-09-17   (Back to the Day)
  data   speakExamples  
n. collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem
  abode   speakExamples  
n. act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place
2025-09-16   (Back to the Day)
  convey   speakExamples  
v. carry from one place to another; bear or transport
  hunger   speakExamples  
n. strong desire for something; feel the need to eat
  furnish   speakExamples  
v. provide; supply; equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for
2025-09-15   (Back to the Day)
  corrupt   speakExamples  
a. changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted
  revenge   speakExamples  
v. do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
2025-09-12   (Back to the Day)
  concern   speakExamples  
n. interest in any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety
  gesture   speakExamples  
n. motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
2025-09-11   (Back to the Day)
  perceive   speakExamples  
v. become aware of through the senses; detect
  infinite   speakExamples  
a. unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
  derive   speakExamples  
v. obtain or receive from a source; trace the origin or development of
2025-09-10   (Back to the Day)
  amid   speakExamples  
ad. in the middle of; among; surrounded by
  generation   speakExamples  
n. all offspring at same stage from common ancestor; interval of time between the birth of parents and their offspring
2025-09-09   (Back to the Day)
  appeal   speakExamples  
n. attraction; charm; attract; fascinate; challenge
  humanity   speakExamples  
n. kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth
  disposition   speakExamples  
n. natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
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