| witness
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| a person who sees an event happen.
| Three witnesses saw him stealing the car.
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| wizard
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| a man who practices magic
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| wobble
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| to move unsteadily.
| He wobbled on his ice skates.
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| woke
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| to wake
| He woke her very early
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| wolf
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| a wild mammal that is part of the dog family and lives in cold regions. Wolves live in packs and hunt other animals for food.
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| woman
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| an adult human female.
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| wombat
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| a marsupial that lives in Australia.
| A wombat looks like a small bear and lives underground, eating leaves, roots, and bark.
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| won
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| to win
| We won the match.
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| wonder
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| a feeling caused by an extraordinary or amazing thing.
| They looked in wonder at the bright lights in the sky.
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| wonder
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| to question or think about something in a curious or doubtful way.
| I wonder how she managed to arrive first?
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| wonderful
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| amazing or extraordinary.
| A wonderful idea.
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| wood
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| the hard material from a tree’s trunk or branches used to make furniture and objects or to burn for fuel.
| The train is made of wood.
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| woodwind instrument
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| one of a group of musical instruments that is played by blowing. Some, such as the clarinet, are made from wood while others, such as the flute, are made from metal
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| wool
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| the soft hair of sheep and some other animals that can be used to make cloth, clothes, carpets, and blankets.
| sheep’s wool
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| woolen
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| made from wool.
| woolen hat
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| word
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| a sound or group of sounds that stands for an idea, an object, or an action.
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| word processing
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| writing, correcting, and storing documents electronically.
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| wore
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| to wear
| He wore a yellow T-shirt.
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| work
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| to use effort to do something.
| I worked hard when I painted the house.
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| world
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| the planet Earth and all the people and things on it.
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| worm
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| a small animal with a soft body and no legs or backbone.
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| worry
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| to feel anxious.
| I am worried about my exams.
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| worse
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| very bad.
| Last week’s weather was bad, but today, it is worse.
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| worship
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| to respect and love, usually in a religious way.
| The ancient Egyptians worshiped many gods.
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| worst
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| extremely bad.
| This is the worst storm I’ve ever seen.
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| worth
| adjective
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| having a value.
| The crown was worth a lot of money
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| worthless
| adjective
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| having little or no value.
| He found an old vase, but it turned out to be worthless.
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| would
| verb
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| a word used to talk about an action that depends on something else.
| I would go to the park, but I have to wait here.
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| wound
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| an injury to the body where the skin is torn or cut in some way.
| She put a dressing on the wound.
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| wound
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| to wind
| He wound the string around the package.
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