Wile: enticement, trick, deceive, cheat, entice
Example: [He pitied her because she was what she was]
Willful: intentional, deliberate, obstinate, spiteful, stubborn
Example: [Robert E. Carr was indicted and tried for the willful murder of Harmon A. Jordan]
Wily: clever shrewd
Example: [a wily politician]
Wince: cringe
Example: [It makes me wince even thinking about eye operations]
Windfall: boon, bonus, sudden
Example: [windfall profits]
Winnow: separate
Example: [A list of 12 candidates has been winnowed down to a shortlist of three]
Winsome: charming
Example: [a winsome girl]
Wintry: Lacking warmth of manner.
Wiry: coarse, stiff, muscular, lean and strong, athletic
Example: [Thin, wiry, with deep-set peering eyes, they suggest sun-dried men]
Wispy: slender, small, indistinct, thin, resembling wisps
Example: [wispy hair]
Witchcraft: wizardry, the use of magical powers, mostly evil ones, sorcery, enchantment
Example: [They thought this must be the work of witchcraft; that they were attacked by evil spirits, whose power was invincible. powers of witchcraft]
Withdrawn: remote, introverted, timid
Example: [she became quiet and withdrawn and rarely went out]
Wither: shrivel
Example: [Grass had withered in the fields]
Witless: indiscreet, Foolish, or silly
Witling: A person who has little understanding.
Witticism: brilliant, A witty, or original saying or sentiment
Wittingly: With knowledge and by design.
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Wizardry: magic sorcery
Wizen: dry up, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness, shrunken, shrivel, wither, welter
Example: [Aged she seemed, incredibly old, wizen, dried; though with these people who can tell of age? There would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen]
Wizened: shriveled
Example: [a wizened old man with yellow skin and deep wrinkles]
Wizen-Faced: Having a shriveled face.
Woebegone: woeful, sorrowful, depressed, sad, miserable
Example: [Near the couple, in a shadow, sat a woebegone looking man who had been holding a book so close to his eyes as to conceal his face]
Wont: custom
Example: [She arrived an hour late, as is her wont]
Words: Meaning
Working-Man: One who earns his bread by manual labor.
Workmanlike: Like or befitting a skilled workman.
Workmanship: skill of a good worker, quality of something made, skillfulness, craftsmanship
Example: [The workmanship of this lamp is exquisitely delicate in all its parts]
Worldly: not spiritual engrossed in matters of this earth
Example: [worldly possessions]
Wraith: ghost
Example: [wraith of a voice]
Wrangle: loud quarrel
Example: [a lengthy wrangle about costs]
Wrath: fury anger
Example: [The people feared the wrath of God]
Wreak: inflict
Example: [wreaked havoc]
Wrench: to twist or pull with force
Wrest: snatch
Example: [to wrest control of]
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Wretchedness: misery, unhappiness, woefulness, desolation, suffering
Example: [A great part of the way, the wretchedness of our accommodation exceeds all description]
Writ: injunction, court order, something written
Example: [Holy writ]
Writhe: contort
Example: [he was writhing in agony]
Writing: The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs.
Wry: amusing twisted
Example: [a wry smile]