Question | Answer |
volatile | changeable;evapourating rapidly |
volition | act of making a concious choice |
voluble | fluent,glib,talkative |
voracious | ravenous,huge appetite |
vortex | whirlwind,whirlpool,center of turbulence |
vouchsafe | guarantee |
voyeur | seeks sexual stimulation by visual means |
vulpine | like a fox;crafty |
waffle | speak equivocally about an issue |
waft | moved gently by wind or waves |
waggish | mischievous;humorous;tricky |
waif | homeless child or animal |
waive | give up temporarily;yield |
wake | trail of ship or object through water,path of something that has gone before |
wallow | roll in,indulge in;become helpless |
wan | having a pale or sickly color;palid |
wanderlust | strong longing to travel |
wane | decrease in size or strength;draw gradually 2 the end |
wangle | wiggle out;fake |
wanton | unrestrained;willfully malacious;unchaste |
warble | sing;babble |
warren | tunnels in which rabbits live;crowded places where ppl live |
wary | very cautious |
wastrel | profligate,extravagant;spendthrift |
wax | increase;grow |
waylay | ambush;lie in wait |
wean | To accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling;give up a cherished activity |
weather | endure the effects of weather or other forces |
welt | mark 4rm beating n whipping |
welter | turmoil;bewildering jumble |
welter | wallow,drencehd in something esp blood. |
wheedle | cajole;coax;deceive by flattery |
whelp | young wolf,tiger,dog; |
whet | sharpen;stimulate |
whiff | puf or gust of air/scent;hint |
whimsical | fanciful;capricious |
whinny | neigh like a horse |
whit | smallest speck |
whittle | cut off bits;pare |
wily | cunning;artful |
wince | shrink back;flinch |
windfall | fallen fruit;unexpected lucky event |
winnow | sift;separate good from bad parts |
winsome | agreeable;gracious;engaging |
wispy | thin;sligh barely discernible |
wistful | vaguely longing;sadly pensive |
withdrawn | introverted;remote |
witless | foolish;idiotic |
witticism | witty saying;wise crack |
wizened | withered;shriveled |
woe | deep,unconsolable grief;affliction;suffering |
wont | custom;habitual |
wordly | engrossed in matters of earth;not spiritual |
wrangle | quarrel;obtain through arguing |
wrath | anger;fury |
wreak | inflict |
wrench | pull;strain;twist |
wrest | pull away |
writ | written command issued by court |
writhe | twist in coils;contort in pain |
wry | twisted,humorous twist |
xenophobia | fear of hatred of foreigners |
yen | longing;urge |
yeoman | man owing small estate;middle-class farmer |
yoke | joined together |
yokel | rustic,country bumpkin;simple, artless, or unsophisticated |
yore | time past,obsolete |
zany | crazy;comic |
zealot | fanatic;person showing excessive zeal |
zephyr | gentle breeze;west wind |