10th Grade Words of the Day

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 Word of the Day for Grade 10
Specified Day: 2024-04-19
inscribespeak speak spelling sentences 
v. write or engrave; mark down as something to be read; imprint; assign or address to
It is a fine name to inscribe on my ledgers, and my cashier was quite proud of it when I explained to him who the Cavalcanti were.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 66. Matrimonial Projects.
On its back was pasted a strip of coarse brown wrapping paper, inscribed in pale homemade ink.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
He then called for his horses, drove to the Chamber, and inscribed his name to speak against the budget.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 66. Matrimonial Projects.
inauguratespeak speak spelling sentences 
v. start; initiate; induct into office by formal ceremony
Miss Josephine Sleary, as some very long and very narrow strips of printed bill announced, was then inaugurating the entertainments with her graceful equestrian Tyrolean flower-act.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
I'd rather Bonnie was invited to eat dry bread in the Picards' miserable house or Mrs. Elsing's rickety barn than to be the belle of a Republican inaugural ball.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
Review Words:   Rrecent 15 days   Recent 50 days
Words of the recent 15 days
2024-04-18   (Back to the Day)
  succinct   speakExamples  
a. brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words
  tarnish   speakExamples  
v. make dirty or spotty; stain; dull the luster of; discolor, especially by exposure to air or dirt
  outstrip   speakExamples  
v. exceed or surpass; leave behind
2024-04-17   (Back to the Day)
  zephyr   speakExamples  
n. gentle breeze; west wind; any of various soft light fabrics, yarns, or garments
  migrant   speakExamples  
a. habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work; wandering
2024-04-16   (Back to the Day)
  aluminum   speakExamples  
n. silvery ductile metallic element
  ovation   speakExamples  
n. enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
  cataclysm   speakExamples  
n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; deluge or overflowing of water
2024-04-15   (Back to the Day)
  pandemonium   speakExamples  
n. state of extreme confusion and disorder; very noisy place
  insolvent   speakExamples  
a. bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
2024-04-12   (Back to the Day)
  innocuous   speakExamples  
a. having no adverse effect; harmless
  circumvent   speakExamples  
v. surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
2024-04-11   (Back to the Day)
  longevity   speakExamples  
n. long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation
  scribble   speakExamples  
v. write or draw carelessly and in a hurry; doodle; meaningless marks and lines
  quintessence   speakExamples  
n. pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing
2024-04-10   (Back to the Day)
  debonair   speakExamples  
a. friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful
  endorse   speakExamples  
v. acknowledge by signing a bill, draft, or other instrument; approve; support
2024-04-09   (Back to the Day)
  retaliate   speakExamples  
v. do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront
  pithy   speakExamples  
a. precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
  foray   speakExamples  
n. assault; an initial attempt; a sudden short attack
2024-04-08   (Back to the Day)
  cache   speakExamples  
n. hiding place; secret store of valuables or money
  extirpate   speakExamples  
v. root out; eradicate, literally or figuratively; destroy wholly
2024-04-05   (Back to the Day)
  tether   speakExamples  
v. tie with rope; fasten or restrict with rope or chain
  redundant   speakExamples  
a. exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy
2024-04-04   (Back to the Day)
  elucidate   speakExamples  
v. make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify
  glut   speakExamples  
v. fill beyond capacity, especially with food; swallow greedlly
  evaporate   speakExamples  
v. vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
2024-04-03   (Back to the Day)
  caper   speakExamples  
v. leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; skip; spring
  intimidation   speakExamples  
n. act of making timid or fearful , of deterring by threats; state of being intimidated
2024-04-02   (Back to the Day)
  elite   speakExamples  
n. a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
  cram   speakExamples  
v. pack; force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space
  encroach   speakExamples  
v. intrude; invade; take another's rights gradually; advance beyond proper or former limits
2024-03-29   (Back to the Day)
  assay   speakExamples  
v. analyze; evaluate; examine by trial or experiment; put to test
  fahrenheit   speakExamples  
a. of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
2024-03-28   (Back to the Day)
  impel   speakExamples  
v. drive or force onward; drive forward; urge to action through moral pressure
  strident   speakExamples  
a. loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding
  incantation   speakExamples  
n. singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; verbal charm or spell
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