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Wrathful
– definition :
- (adjective)
- vehemently incensed and condemnatory (context:all)
– Sample : “wrathful”
- but wroth as he was, a short struggle ended in reconciliation
- they trembled before the wrathful queen
Wriggle
– definition :
- (noun)
- the act of wiggling (context:act)
- (verb)
- to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) (context:motion)
– Sample : “wriggle”
- The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt’s embrace
- The prisoner writhed in discomfort
Writ of habeas corpus
– definition :
- (noun)
- a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge (context:communication)
Writing implement
– definition :
- (noun)
- an implement that is used to write (context:artifact)
Wrongfully
– definition :
- (adverb)
- in an unjust or unfair manner (context:all)
– Sample : “wrongfully”
- people who were wrongfully imprisoned should be released
- the employee claimed that she was wrongfully dismissed
Wyat
– definition :
- (noun)
- English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542) (context:person)
Wrecking
– definition :
- (noun)
- destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined (context:act)
- the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled (context:event)
Wrinkled
– definition :
- (adjective)
- (of linens or clothes) not ironed (context:all)
- marked by wrinkles (context:all)
– Sample : “wrinkled”
- a pile of unironed laundry
- tired travelers in wrinkled clothes
- wore unironed jeans
Write off
– definition :
- (verb)
- reduce the estimated value of something (context:change)
- concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody (context:cognition)
- write something fluently, and without hesitation (context:creation)
- cancel (a debt) (context:social)
– Sample : “write off”
- For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer
- write it off as a loss
Written assignment
– definition :
- (noun)
- an assignment to write something (context:act)
