9th Grade Words of the Day

This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 9 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 9th-grade students to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.

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 Word of the Day for Grade 9
Specified Day: 2025-05-21
ethnicspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
dapperspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
He was a dapper young fellow, with a light brown mustache and blue eyes, and a graceful figure.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
It was like some strange caricature of the dapper James Wilder whom we had seen the night before.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
The moon shone upon him, and I could distinguish the dapper shape and jaunty walk of the naturalist.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By A. Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2025-05-20   (Back to the Day)
  anathema   speakExamples  
n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
  salvage   speakExamples  
v. save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
  fertilizer   speakExamples  
n. any substance used to make soil more fertile
2025-05-19   (Back to the Day)
  bluster   speakExamples  
v. blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
  hectic   speakExamples  
a. feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
2025-05-16   (Back to the Day)
  precursor   speakExamples  
n. forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
  displace   speakExamples  
v. move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
2025-05-15   (Back to the Day)
  felicitous   speakExamples  
a. apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
  utilitarian   speakExamples  
a. practical and functional, not just for show
  demolish   speakExamples  
v. raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
2025-05-14   (Back to the Day)
  ailment   speakExamples  
n. sickness; illness; affliction
  unscathed   speakExamples  
a. not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
2025-05-13   (Back to the Day)
  disproportionate   speakExamples  
a. unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
  bonus   speakExamples  
n. an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
  jolt   speakExamples  
n. sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
2025-05-12   (Back to the Day)
  classify   speakExamples  
v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
  assuage   speakExamples  
v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
2025-05-09   (Back to the Day)
  versatile   speakExamples  
a. having many talents; capable of working in many fields
  paraphernalia   speakExamples  
n. personal ornaments or accessories, as of attire; articles used in particular activity
2025-05-08   (Back to the Day)
  waft   speakExamples  
v. cause to go gently and smoothly through air or over water
  hinge   speakExamples  
n. a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
  brawl   speakExamples  
n. fight; noisy quarrel or fight; loud party
2025-05-07   (Back to the Day)
  gruel   speakExamples  
n. liquid food made by boiling oatmeal
  cannibal   speakExamples  
n. human being that eats human flesh; anything that devours its own kind
2025-05-06   (Back to the Day)
  depress   speakExamples  
v. lower in spirits; press down
  pneumonia   speakExamples  
n. inflammation of the lungs
  competing   speakExamples  
a. engaging in a contest; being in the state of competition, often unintentionally
2025-05-05   (Back to the Day)
  scour   speakExamples  
v. scrub; clean, polish, or wash by scrubbing vigorously; wear away; search through or over thoroughly
  vanquish   speakExamples  
v. conquer; overcome; come out better in a competition
2025-05-02   (Back to the Day)
  decipher   speakExamples  
v. convert code into ordinary language; read with difficulty
  exterminate   speakExamples  
v. eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man
2025-04-30   (Back to the Day)
  loot   speakExamples  
n. act of plundering; plunder; booty, especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city
  ooze   speakExamples  
v. be any thick messy substance; pass gradually; progress slowly but steadily
2025-04-29   (Back to the Day)
  dual   speakExamples  
a. expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
  synthesis   speakExamples  
n. combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe
  clammy   speakExamples  
a. having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive
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