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wan
pale and sickly in appearance, suggesting weakness or weariness
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Wan (adjective) means pale and sickly in appearance, suggesting weakness or weariness
Here is wan used in an example sentence: "After weeks of illness she gave only a wan smile to her visitors."
Common synonyms for wan include pallid, ashen, sallow.
Antonyms of wan include ruddy, flushed, robust.
Wan is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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