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wan adj., pale, faint. When he heard the shocking news, all the color drained out of Roderick’s face, leaving it wan and ghostlike.

lan • guished adj., drooping, lacking vitality. When I returned from vacation, the languished leaves of my houseplants seemed to cry out, “Water! Help!”

scorn vt., view with contempt. If Jasmine wants to be a journalist, why does she scorn the idea of working on the school newspaper?