Words of the Day for Kids (Grade 6)

This Words for the Day webpage helps grade 6 children learn words at their levels efficiently; in addition to showing words of the current day, the page also has words of recent 15 or 50 days to review. It's a handy app for children to get words and their meanings, examples, and context sources.

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
 Word of the Day for Kids (Grade 6)
Specified Day: 2026-01-15
moistspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. slightly wet; damp or humid
As soon as she saw him she seized his hand; her own hands were moist and icy cold.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 53. Robert le Diable.
And while he smiled as he attempted to regard the affair as a joke, he felt his temples get moist with perspiration.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 116. The Pardon.
Villefort fell back on his chair, passed his hand over his brow, moist with perspiration, and, for the third time, read the letter.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Examination.
humorousspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. funny, or making someone laugh
The humorous poem was admirably recited, and the speaker much applauded.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
So Laurie did his best, and sang delightfully, being in a particularly lively humor, for to the Marches he seldom showed the moody side of his character.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEVEN
Jo was not in a good humor, and the perverse fit returned, but Amy, who had virtuously done her duty, kept her temper and pleased everybody, was in a most angelic frame of mind.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-01-14   (Back to the Day)
  inspire   Example sentences     speak
v. encourage; inspirit; fire the imagination of
  fireplace   Example sentences     speak
n. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
2026-01-13   (Back to the Day)
  bored   Example sentences     speak
a. uninterested because of frequent exposure
v. (past tense) make a hole in something, especially with a revolving tool
  shrink   Example sentences     speak
v. become smaller or draw together; compress
2026-01-12   (Back to the Day)
  strengthen   Example sentences     speak
v. reinforce; make strong or increase the strength of
  ascent   Example sentences     speak
n. upward slope or grade; movement upward
2026-01-09   (Back to the Day)
  vehicle   Example sentences     speak
n. automobile; a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, to transport people or goods on land
  Arkansas   Example sentences     speak
n. a state in the south central region of the United States
2026-01-08   (Back to the Day)
  obstacle   Example sentences     speak
n. one that opposes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
  jungle   Example sentences     speak
n. land densely overgrown with tropical trees and plants
2026-01-07   (Back to the Day)
  uncertainty   Example sentences     speak
n. the state of being unsure of something
n. being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
  argue   Example sentences     speak
v. invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow an opinion; debate
2025-12-22   (Back to the Day)
  villain   Example sentences     speak
n. a bad person who harms others or breaks the law; someone who does evil deliberately
n. the principal bad character in a film or fiction
  urgent   Example sentences     speak
a. very important and needing attention immediately
2025-12-19   (Back to the Day)
  telegraph   Example sentences     speak
n. a method of sending and receiving messages by electrical or radio signals
  telegram   Example sentences     speak
n. a message transmitted by telegraph
2025-12-18   (Back to the Day)
  noisy   Example sentences     speak
a. full of loud and nonmusical sounds
  meadow   Example sentences     speak
n a field with grass and often wild flowers in it
n. any field on which grass is grown for hay
2025-12-17   (Back to the Day)
  diamond   Example sentences     speak
n. a precious stone consisting of a clear and colorless crystalline form of pure carbon
n. the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
  competition   Example sentences     speak
n. struggle; rivalry; act of competing as for profit or a prize
2025-12-16   (Back to the Day)
  slaughter   Example sentences     speak
n. act of killing, extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage
  assent   Example sentences     speak
v. express agreement to what is proposed; accept
2025-12-15   (Back to the Day)
  journal   Example sentences     speak
n. magazine; a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
  attraction   Example sentences     speak
n. action or power of evoking interest or pleasure for something
2025-12-12   (Back to the Day)
  partial   Example sentences     speak
a. incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
  slay   Example sentences     speak
v. put to death with a weapon, or by violence; put an end to destroy
2025-12-11   (Back to the Day)
  globe   Example sentences     speak
n. body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth
  appreciation   Example sentences     speak
n. recognition; judgment or opinion, especially a favorable one
2025-12-10   (Back to the Day)
  accurate   Example sentences     speak
a. capable of providing a correct reading or measurement
a. performing with care and precision
  horseback   Example sentences     speak
ad. on a horse
n. riding a horse
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