Words of the Day for Kids (Grade 6)

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 Word of the Day for Kids (Grade 6)
Specified Day: 2025-09-09
authorityspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. jurisdiction; power to enforce laws
n. government
Diana looked and spoke with a certain authority: she had a will, evidently.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
We thought Hannah was overdoing the authority business, and your mother ought to know.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
A nothing vexed him; and suspected slights of his authority nearly threw him into fits.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
terriblespeak speak spelling sentences 
a. extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
a. very bad at doing something
It was a terrible spectacle: I witnessed it myself.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
I could hear the owls and the wolves away off in the woods, and it seemed terrible still.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI.
I was in a terrible fright, and kept as far as I could from the edge, for fear of falling.
Gulliver's Travels(V1) By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I.
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2025-09-08   (Back to the Day)
  conversation   speakExamples  
n. oral exchange of opinions or ideas, informal dialogue
  opportunity   speakExamples  
n. chance or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do
2025-09-05   (Back to the Day)
  occasion   speakExamples  
n. a particular time, especially when something happens or has happened
n. opportunity to do something
  respect   speakExamples  
n. admiration felt or shown for someone
n. a particular feature or detail
2025-09-04   (Back to the Day)
  drew   speakExamples  
n. (past tense) make a picture with a pencil or pen
  evil   speakExamples  
a. morally bad, cruel, or very unpleasant
n. something that is very bad and harmful
2025-09-03   (Back to the Day)
  future   speakExamples  
n. the time to come
n. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
  receive   speakExamples  
v. get or be given something; accept as true or valid
2025-09-02   (Back to the Day)
  dear   speakExamples  
a. regarded with deep affection; cherished by someone
ad. at a high cost
  daughter   speakExamples  
n. a female human offspring
Below words are in grade 5
2025-06-11  
  weekend   speakExamples  
n. a time period extending from Friday night through Sunday
2025-06-10  
  thermal   speakExamples  
a. relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
  touchdown   speakExamples  
n. landing; a score in American football
2025-06-09  
  therapy   speakExamples  
n. healing power or quality; treatment of illness
2025-06-06  
  teammate   speakExamples  
n. a fellow member of a team
2025-06-05  
  softball   speakExamples  
n. game closely resembling baseball, played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer
  stole   speakExamples  
n. a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
v. (path tense) take another's stuff without permission, and don't want to return it
2025-06-04  
  skateboard   speakExamples  
n. a board with wheels, ridden in a standing and propelled by foot
  snack   speakExamples  
n. a small amount of food eaten between meals
2025-06-03  
  semester   speakExamples  
n. term; half a year; a period of 6 months; one of two divisions of an academic year
  sensitize   speakExamples  
v. make sensitive to a drug or allergen
v. cause to sense; make sensitive
2025-06-02  
  reuse   speakExamples  
v. use again or more than once
2025-05-30  
  referral   speakExamples  
n. an act of referring someone or something for consultation
n. a person whose case has been referred to other part
2025-05-29  
  motorcycle   speakExamples  
n. a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
  nighttime   speakExamples  
n. the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
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