Sentence:  So , for happy years , Helva scooted around in her shell with her classmates , playing such games as Stall , Power-Seek , studying her lessons in trajectory , propulsion techniques , computation , logistics , mental hygiene , basic alien psychology , philology , space history , law , traffic , codes : all the et ceteras that eventually <WSD>became</WSD> compounded into a reasoning , logical , informed citizen . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  enter or assume a certain state or condition