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    wan - Dictionary definition and meaning for word wan

    Definition
    (noun) a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
    Synonyms : wide area network
    Definition
    (verb) become pale and sickly Definition
    (adj) (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
    Synonyms : pale , pallid , sick
    Example Sentence
    • the pale light of a half moon
    • a pale sun
    • the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street
    • a pallid sky
    • the pale (or wan) stars
    • the wan light of dawn
    Definition
    (adj) abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
    Synonyms : pale , pallid
    Example Sentence
    • the pallid face of the invalid
    • her wan face suddenly flushed
    Definition
    (adj) lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
    Example Sentence
    • a wan smile
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wan

wan rhymes with maruthi van... she liked to travel in a scorpio but she is traveling in a van..so she is pale

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WANE means to decline, diminish so WAN is to decline in color/ vigor

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WAN for WANting color; so it is pale

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