11th Grade Words of the Day
This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 11 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 11th-grade students to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.
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Word of the Day for Grade 11
Specified Day: 2026-03-01
There is no new word today!
Every weekend, the first day of each month, winter break (Dec 23 to Jan 6), and summer (part of July and all of August) are word-free days.
Today has no new words, but you can review the recent ones from 2026-02-27.
| optimism |     |
n. tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
| hover | |
v. hang about; wait nearby; remain floating
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2026-02-27 (Back to the Day)
optimism 
n. tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
hover
v. hang about; wait nearby; remain floating
2026-02-26 (Back to the Day)
birthright
n. a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; personal characteristics that are inherited at birth
delegate
n. person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy
exasperation
n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance; actions that cause great irritation
2026-02-25 (Back to the Day)
ennui
n. feeling of being bored by something tedious
crevice
n. gap; a long narrow opening
2026-02-24 (Back to the Day)
fallacy
n. deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
irreparable
a. not able to be corrected or repaired
bane
n. something causes misery or death; curse; fatal injury or ruin
2026-02-23 (Back to the Day)
philanthropy
n. voluntary promotion of human welfare
callous
a. emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened
2026-02-20 (Back to the Day)
simile
n. comparison of one thing with another, in English generally using like or as
mediation
n. the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement; negotiation to resolve differences
2026-02-19 (Back to the Day)
recur
v. reappear; happen or occur again
legendary
a. mythical; fabled; extremely well known; famous or renowned
analyze
v. discover or reveal something through detailed examination; diagnose; examine
2026-02-18 (Back to the Day)
undaunted
a. unshaken in purpose; resolutely courageous
allay
v. calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
2026-02-17 (Back to the Day)
humbug
n. pretentious or silly talk or writing; something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
belated
a. having been delayed; done or sent too late
cite
v. quote; adduce as an instance
2026-02-16 (Back to the Day)
stagnant
a. not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
annexation
n. the formal act of acquiring something by conquest or occupation; incorporation by joining or uniting
2026-02-13 (Back to the Day)
bankruptcy
n. state of being unable to pay your debts
laboriously
ad. in a laborious manner; in a manner requiring much labor
2026-02-12 (Back to the Day)
pageant
n. elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display
voluminous
a. large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse
technique
n. practical method or art applied to some particular task; skillfulness
2026-02-11 (Back to the Day)
precede
v. come before in order or position; go in front or ahead of
profligate
a. inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly; wildly immoral
2026-02-10 (Back to the Day)
defer
v. delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time
miser
n. a stingy hoarder of money and possessions, often living miserably
unseemly
a. grossly improper; indecent; in poor taste
2026-02-09 (Back to the Day)
likelihood
n. possibility, strong probability; state of being probable
reparation
n. act of putting something in working order again; act or process of making amends; compensation