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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Animal Farm by George Orwell
 Word of the Day for Grade 9
Specified Day: 2026-06-02
supervisorspeak speak spelling sentences 
n. director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
deciduousspeak speak spelling sentences 
a. falling off as of leaves; falling off or shed at specific season or stage of growth
Brambles, though churlish when handled, are kindly shelter in early winter, being the latest of the deciduous bushes to lose their leaves.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
propelspeak speak spelling sentences 
v. drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push
Rhett propelled Gerald forward.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
He took her arm and propelled her from the room.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
The oars were useless as propellers, performing now the office of life-preservers.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
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Words of the recent 15 days
2026-05-29   (Back to the Day)
  impecunious   Example sentences     speak
a. without money; poor; penniless
  atrophy   Example sentences     speak
n. wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
2026-05-28   (Back to the Day)
  jostle   Example sentences     speak
v. come into rough contact with while moving; make one's way by pushing or elbowing
  vertigo   Example sentences     speak
n. severe dizziness; reeling sensation; feeling about to fall
  shrivel   Example sentences     speak
v. wither; decrease in size; become or make shrunken and wrinkled, often by drying
2026-05-27   (Back to the Day)
  trudge   Example sentences     speak
v. walk or march with labor; jog along; move wearily
  install   Example sentences     speak
v. set up; connect or set in position and prepare for use
2026-05-26   (Back to the Day)
  gamut   Example sentences     speak
n. entire range; all notes in musical scale
  omniscient   Example sentences     speak
a. having total knowledge; knowing everything
  leniency   Example sentences     speak
n. mildness; quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case
2026-05-25   (Back to the Day)
  hobble   Example sentences     speak
v. walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches; move roughly or irregularly
  phonetic   Example sentences     speak
a. of or pertaining to the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language
2026-05-22   (Back to the Day)
  engross   Example sentences     speak
v. occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger
  huddle   Example sentences     speak
v. crouch or curl up ; mass; heap; crowd or draw together
2026-05-21   (Back to the Day)
  checkered   Example sentences     speak
a. divided into squares; diversified in color; marked by great changes or shifts in fortune
  immune   Example sentences     speak
a. resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
  scamper   Example sentences     speak
v. run with speed; run or move in a quick, hurried manner; hasten away
2026-05-20   (Back to the Day)
  ethnic   Example sentences     speak
a. relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
  dapper   Example sentences     speak
a. neatly dressed; very stylish in dress; lively and alert
2026-05-19   (Back to the Day)
  anathema   Example sentences     speak
n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
  salvage   Example sentences     speak
v. save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
  fertilizer   Example sentences     speak
n. any substance used to make soil more fertile
2026-05-18   (Back to the Day)
  bluster   Example sentences     speak
v. blow in heavy gusts; speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner
  hectic   Example sentences     speak
a. feverish; very busy with activity and confusion; habitual; marking particular habit or condition of body
2026-05-15   (Back to the Day)
  precursor   Example sentences     speak
n. forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach
  displace   Example sentences     speak
v. move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
2026-05-14   (Back to the Day)
  felicitous   Example sentences     speak
a. apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
  utilitarian   Example sentences     speak
a. practical and functional, not just for show
  demolish   Example sentences     speak
v. raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
2026-05-13   (Back to the Day)
  ailment   Example sentences     speak
n. sickness; illness; affliction
  unscathed   Example sentences     speak
a. not harmed or damaged in any way; untouched
2026-05-12   (Back to the Day)
  disproportionate   Example sentences     speak
a. unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else
  bonus   Example sentences     speak
n. an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
  jolt   Example sentences     speak
n. sudden jerking, as from a heavy blow; sudden, strong feeling of surprise or disappointment
2026-05-11   (Back to the Day)
  classify   Example sentences     speak
v. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; arrange or order by classes or categories
  assuage   Example sentences     speak
v. ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease
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