12th Grade Words of the Day

This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 12 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 12th-grade students to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.

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 Word of the Day for Grade 12
Specified Day: 2025-09-16
tumultspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
A dusky tumult would flap its wings from one house to another.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
Frankenstein, who was dozing, awoke and asked the cause of the tumult.
Frankenstein By Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
The tumult of cessation from lessons was already breaking forth, but it sank at her voice.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
fidelityspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
Its deep fidelity and goodness were not to be adorned by me or any man.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 55. TEMPEST
His homely figure seemed to be lightened up by his fidelity and generosity.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42. MISCHIEF
Then I should have asked you to accept my pledge of fidelity and to give me yours.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
intolerablespeak speak spelling sentences 
a. incapable of being put up with; unable to be endured
It was almost intolerable to be borne.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In II. THE MARKET-PLACE
Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
He would make my position in the Bank intolerable.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2025-09-15   (Back to the Day)
  rational   speakExamples  
a. consistent with; based on; using reason
  ultimate   speakExamples  
a. final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
2025-09-12   (Back to the Day)
  discretion   speakExamples  
n. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; trait of judging wisely and objectively
  eloquent   speakExamples  
a. vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
2025-09-11   (Back to the Day)
  transcribe   speakExamples  
v. copy; write over again in same words
  indemnify   speakExamples  
v. make amends for; pay compensation for; secure against future loss, damage, or liability
  sally   speakExamples  
n. a sudden rushing forth or activity; an excursion or trip, usually off the main course; witty remark
2025-09-10   (Back to the Day)
  concept   speakExamples  
n. something formed in the mind; thought or notion
  innumerable   speakExamples  
a. too many to be counted; numerous
2025-09-09   (Back to the Day)
  ardent   speakExamples  
a. displaying or by strong enthusiasm or devotion; passionate
  prose   speakExamples  
n. essay; ordinary speech or writing; commonplace expression or quality
  prudent   speakExamples  
a. cautious; careful in regard to one's own interests
2025-09-08   (Back to the Day)
  imperial   speakExamples  
a. like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
  induce   speakExamples  
v. persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
2025-09-05   (Back to the Day)
  illustrious   speakExamples  
a. possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid
  inclination   speakExamples  
n. preference; tendency; inclined surface; slope
2025-09-04   (Back to the Day)
  esteem   speakExamples  
v. regard with respect; favorable regard
  solitude   speakExamples  
n. state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
  eminent   speakExamples  
a. standing out above other things; high in rank, office, or worth
2025-09-03   (Back to the Day)
  inevitable   speakExamples  
a. unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented
  derivative   speakExamples  
a. unoriginal; derived from another source
2025-09-02   (Back to the Day)
  august   speakExamples  
a. impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
  catholic   speakExamples  
a. broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church
  providence   speakExamples  
n. act of providing or preparing for future use or application; making ready; preparation; foresight
Below words are in grade 11
2025-07-11   (Back to the Day)
  welterweight   speakExamples  
n. an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds
  whetstone   speakExamples  
n. a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
2025-07-10   (Back to the Day)
  veer   speakExamples  
v. shift to clockwise direction; turn sharply; change direction abruptly
  viaduct   speakExamples  
n. bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers used to carry a road or railroad over a valley
  vivisection   speakExamples  
n. the act of operating on living animals, especially in scientific research
2025-07-09   (Back to the Day)
  upheave   speakExamples  
v. lift forcefully from beneath
  uproot   speakExamples  
v. pull up; displace; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; eradicate
2025-07-08   (Back to the Day)
  toil   speakExamples  
n. exhausting labor or effort; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey
  undergarment   speakExamples  
n. a garment worn under other garments
  undersized   speakExamples  
a. smaller than normal for its kind
2025-07-07   (Back to the Day)
  telepathy   speakExamples  
n. apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions
  thesaurus   speakExamples  
n. book of synonyms, often including related and contrasting words and antonyms
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