W

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