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word

(Last edited: Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:32 AM)
one or more connected sounds that form a single part of a language

work

(Last edited: Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:32 AM)
to use physical or mental effort to make or do something; n. the effort used to make or to do something; that which needs effort; the job one does to earn money

world

(Last edited: Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:32 AM)
the earth; the people who live on the earth

worry

(Last edited: Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:32 AM)
to be concerned; to continue thinking that something, possibly bad, can happen

worse

(Last edited: Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:32 AM)
more bad than

worth

(Last edited: Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:32 AM)
value measured in money

wound

(Last edited: Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:32 AM)
to injure; to hurt; to cause physical damage to a person or animal; n. an injury to the body of a human or animal in which the skin is usually cut or broken

wreck

(Last edited: Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:32 AM)
to damage greatly; to destroy; n. anything that has been badly damaged or broken

wreckage

(Last edited: Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:32 AM)
what remains of something severely damaged or destroyed

write

(Last edited: Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 11:32 AM)
to use an instrument to make words appear on a surface, such as paper


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