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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Animal Farm by George Orwell
 Word of the Day for Grade 12
Specified Day: 2026-06-02
disusespeak speak spelling sentences 
n. the state of something that has been unused and neglected
The house seemed as dreary as a disused street.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
Moreover, fifty yards off stood a hut, built of clods and covered with thin turves, but now entirely disused.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
Not a blind was raised; no sign of life was in the dull paved court, with its covered way leading to the disused door.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 56. THE NEW WOUND, AND THE OLD
eclecticspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. composed of elements from a variety of sources
His habitual touch was that of the eclectic, who lightly turns over and compares; and she was moved by this sudden glimpse into the laboratory where his faiths were formed.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
egocentricspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. caring only about oneself; selfish; self-centered
He was reading one of the latest scientific-religious books: he had a streak of a spurious sort of religion in him, and was egocentrically concerned with the future of his own ego.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-05-29   (Back to the Day)
  dispensary   Example sentences     speak
n. clinic where medicine and medical supplies are dispensed
  dissect   Example sentences     speak
v. cut open or cut apart; make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
2026-05-28   (Back to the Day)
  devastate   Example sentences     speak
v. ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
  disgruntle   Example sentences     speak
v. cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert
  disintegrate   Example sentences     speak
v. fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
2026-05-27   (Back to the Day)
  denigrate   Example sentences     speak
v. blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
  deteriorate   Example sentences     speak
v. become progressively worse; decline
2026-05-26   (Back to the Day)
  deflation   Example sentences     speak
n. a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something
  delve   Example sentences     speak
v. dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
  demoralize   Example sentences     speak
v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; confuse or put into disorder
2026-05-25   (Back to the Day)
  debit   Example sentences     speak
n. an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing
  debutante   Example sentences     speak
n. young woman making formal entrance into society
2026-05-22   (Back to the Day)
  credentials   Example sentences     speak
n. a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
  culminate   Example sentences     speak
v. reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit
2026-05-21   (Back to the Day)
  clientele   Example sentences     speak
n. clients of professional person; body of customers or patrons
  communicable   Example sentences     speak
a. capable of being transmitted by infection, especially for disease; readily communicated
  consultant   Example sentences     speak
n. an expert who gives advice
2026-05-20   (Back to the Day)
  choreography   Example sentences     speak
n. art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
  clarion   Example sentences     speak
n. a shrill, narrow-tubed war trumpet; a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
2026-05-19   (Back to the Day)
  catharsis   Example sentences     speak
n. purging or cleansing of any passage of body
  cervical   Example sentences     speak
a. of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; relating to the neck
  charisma   Example sentences     speak
n. divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of political leader
2026-05-18   (Back to the Day)
  castigate   Example sentences     speak
v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
  cater   Example sentences     speak
v. supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for special occasion
2026-05-15   (Back to the Day)
  brandish   Example sentences     speak
v. move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
  cancellation   Example sentences     speak
n. act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
2026-05-14   (Back to the Day)
  automation   Example sentences     speak
n. act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
  banal   Example sentences     speak
a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
  blurb   Example sentences     speak
n. a promotional statement; a short description of a book, movie, or other product for promotional purposes
2026-05-13   (Back to the Day)
  ambience   Example sentences     speak
n. particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment
  amphitheater   Example sentences     speak
n. oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
2026-05-12   (Back to the Day)
  condone   Example sentences     speak
v. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
  grovel   Example sentences     speak
v. crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
  acerbic   Example sentences     speak
a. sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone
2026-05-11   (Back to the Day)
  denizen   Example sentences     speak
n. inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
  capillary   Example sentences     speak
n. long and slender with a very small internal diameter
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