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NMR Words-W
Term | Definition |
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waif | a homeless person |
waive | to give up |
wallow | to indulge oneself or to roll in |
wan | weak; tired |
wane | to gradually decrease |
wangle | to manipulate |
wanton | reckless |
warble | to sing |
wary | cautious |
wastrel | one who wastes; a spendthrift |
waver | to be uncertain |
wax | to grow in size or intensity |
weighty | of great importance |
wend | to direct one’s way |
wheedle | to persuade |
whet | to stimulate or to sharpen |
whimisical | unpredictable |
wield | to handle or exercise control over |
willful | stubborn or intentional |
wily | tricky; sly |
wince | to shrink, as in pain, fear, etc; to flinch |
windfall | unexpected gift |
winsome | pleasing |
wizened | withered; shriveled |
woe | sorrow |
wolfish | ferocious |
wont | (to) accustomed (adjective) |
workaday | ordinary |
wraith | a ghost or shadow |
wrangle | to quarrel |
wrench | to twist |
wrest | to take away |
wroth | angry |
wrought | produced or shaped |
wry | ironic |