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- waif
- n. A homeless, neglected wanderer.
- waistcoat
- n. A vest.
- waive
- v. To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim.
- wampum
- n. Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency.
- wane
- v. To diminish in size and brilliancy.
- wantonness
- n. Recklessness.
- warlike
- adj. Belligerent.
- wavelet
- n. A ripple.
- weak-kneed
- adj. Without resolute purpose or energy.
- weal
- n. Well-being.
- wean
- v. To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment.
- wearisome
- adj. Fatiguing.
- wee
- adj. Very small.
- well-bred
- adj. Of good ancestry.
- well-doer
- n. A performer of moral and social duties.
- well-to-do
- adj. In prosperous circumstances.
- whereabouts
- n. The place in or near which a person or thing is.
- whereupon
- adv. After which.
- wherever
- adv. In or at whatever place.
- wherewith
- n. The necessary means or resources.
- whet
- v. To make more keen or eager.
- whimsical
- adj. Capricious.
- whine
- v. To utter with complaining tone.
- wholly
- adv. Completely.
- wield
- v. To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command.
- wile
- n. An act or a means of cunning deception.
- winsome
- adj. Attractive.
- wintry
- adj. Lacking warmth of manner.
- wiry
- adj. Thin, but tough and sinewy.
- witchcraft
- n. Sorcery.
- witless
- adj. Foolish, indiscreet, or silly.
- witling
- n. A person who has little understanding.
- witticism
- n. A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment.
- wittingly
- adv. With knowledge and by design.
- wizen
- v. To become or cause to become withered or dry.
- wizen-faced
- adj. Having a shriveled face.
- working-man
- n. One who earns his bread by manual labor.
- workmanlike
- adj. Like or befitting a skilled workman.
- workmanship
- n. The art or skill of a workman.
- wrangle
- v. To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.
- wreak
- v. To inflict, as a revenge or punishment.
- wrest
- v. To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing.
- wretchedness
- n. Extreme misery or unhappiness.
- writhe
- v. To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress.
- writing
- n. The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs.
- wry
- adj. Deviating from that which is proper or right.