wager - bet
waggish - playful
waive - forego
wallow- indulge
wan - pale, pallid, listless
wane - dissipate, wither
want - need, poverty, lack of
wanton - lewd, abandoned, gratuitous
warrant - justification
wary - guarded, cautious
wastrel - spendthrift
waylay - ambush, accost
wean - remove from nursing, break a habit
weir - dam
welter - confusion, hodgepodge
wheedle - to coax with flattery
whet - stimulate
whiffle - vacillate
whimsical - capricious, playful
wield - exercise control
willful - deliberate, wanton
wily - shrewd, crafty
wince - cringe
windfall - bonus, boon
winnow - separate
winsome - charmingly innocent
wistful - sad yearning, melancholy
wither - shrivel
wizened - shriveled
woe - anguish, despair
wont - custom, habit
woo - court, seek favor
wraith - ghost
wrath - anger, fury
wreak - to inflict something violent
wrest - snatch
wretched - miserable
writ - summons, court order
writhe - contort, thrash about
wry - twisted, ironic sense of humor
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