Sentence:  There 's no greater catastrophe in the universe , she reflected dourly , impaling tender green beans on the <WSD>silver</WSD> fork , than the dwindling away of a family . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography