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wraithlike/ˈreɪθ.laɪk/adjectiveadvanced

Resembling a ghost or specter; thin, pale, or insubstantial in appearance.

The wraithlike figure drifted silently through the mist-covered graveyard.

wrapped/ræpt/adjectivebeginner

Enclosed in paper or soft material; covered or bound.

She handed him a beautifully wrapped gift.

wraths/ræθs/nounintermediate

Plural form of wrath; extreme anger, vengeful fury, or intense indignation.

The ancient myths are filled with stories of the gods and their terrible wraths against mortals.

wrecked/rɛkt/adjectiveintermediate

In a state of severe damage, ruin, or physical/mental exhaustion.

The car was completely wrecked after the collision on the highway.

wreckers/ˈrɛkərz/nounintermediate

People or machines that demolish buildings, vehicles, or other structures.

The wreckers arrived at dawn to begin the demolition of the old factory.

wretched/ˈrɛtʃɪd/adjectiveintermediate

In a very unhappy or unfortunate state; miserable.

She felt wretched after spending the entire night studying for the difficult exam.

write/raɪt/verbbeginner

To mark letters, words, or other symbols on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or keyboard.

She sat down to write a letter to her grandmother.

write prime factorization with exponents/raɪt praɪm ˈfæk.tɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən wɪð ˈɛk.spə.nənts/verbintermediate

To express a composite integer as a product of its prime numbers, using superscripts (exponents) to represent repeated multiplication of the same prime factor.

To write prime factorization with exponents for 72, you first find the prime factors 2 and 3, then express it as 2³ × 3².

wrong/rɔːŋ/adjectivebeginner

Not correct or true; incorrect.

I gave you the wrong answer to that math problem.

wrong answer/ˌrɒŋ ˈɑːnsər/nounbeginner

A response, solution, or statement that is factually incorrect, logically flawed, or fails to satisfy the requirements of a question or problem.

The student received a failing grade because she provided a wrong answer to the final calculation.

wrong message/rɔːŋ ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/nounintermediate

An unintended, misleading, or undesirable impression, signal, or implication conveyed through an action or statement.

Arriving late to the job interview sends the wrong message to potential employers.

ww/ˈdʌb.əl.juː ˈdʌb.əl.juː/interjectionbeginner

An internet slang term used to express laughter or amusement, equivalent to 'lol' or 'haha'.

That meme was hilarious, ww!

x/ɛks/nounbeginner

The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet.

The word 'xylophone' begins with an x.

xen/zɛn/nounadvanced

A type of bare-metal hypervisor that allows multiple operating systems to run concurrently on the same physical computer hardware.

The cloud infrastructure provider migrated their legacy servers to a Xen-based virtualization environment.

y coordinate/ˈwaɪ koʊˌɔːrdɪnət/nounbeginner

The second element in an ordered pair of numbers, representing the vertical position of a point on a two-dimensional Cartesian plane relative to the x-axis.

In the point (3, 4), the y coordinate is 4.

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