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wordly wise 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abridged | To shorten without losing the sense |
| Acrid | Having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell, angry and bitter |
| Annex | To attach, to take without permission, a subsidiary building, something added to a document |
| Binocular | An optical device providing good depth effect, involving both eyes |
| Carnage | A killing of a large number of people |
| Data | Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis |
| Distend | To cause something to swell by stretching it from inside |
| Epistle | A letter |
| Factotum | An employee who does all kinds of work |
| Flay | To take off the outer covering of, to scold, to deprive or strip of money |
| Grotto | A cave or cavern |
| Overseer | A person who supervises others |
| Squeamish | Having strong moral views |
| Symbol | A thing that represents something else |
| Transcribe | Put thoughts, speech, or data into written form |