Words Starting With W
17 SAT and GRE words beginning with W. Each links to its full entry with a definition, an example sentence and related words.
- Waftverb
be driven or carried along, as by the air
- Wanadjective
abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
- Wanenoun
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- Wantonadjective
occurring without motivation or provocation; ; - F.D.Roosevelt
- Waryadjective
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
- Waxnoun
any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
- Whetverb
sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
- Whimnoun
an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
- Whimsicaladjective
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
- Wilyadjective
marked by skill in deception
- Winsomeadjective
charming in a childlike or naive way
- Wistfuladjective
showing pensive sadness
- Wizenedadjective
lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; ; ; ; -W.F.Starkie
- Wrathnoun
belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- Wrestverb
obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
- Writheverb
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
- Wryadjective
humorously sarcastic or mocking