W
- wag: a humorous person; a wit.
- wan: pale; also, lacking vitality or intensity.
- wassail: an expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to someone.
- wastrel: a person who wastes; a loafer.
- waylay: to ambush or accost.
- wayworn: wearied by traveling.
- wheedle: to entice by flattery.
- wheedle: to entice by soft words.
- Whig: a friend and supporter of the American Revolution.
- winsome: light-hearted.
- wiseacre: a smart aleck.
- wizened: shriveled; withered.
- woebegone: woeful; also, run-down.
- woolgathering: indulgence in idle daydreaming.
- wraith: a ghost; also, something insubstantial or shadowy.
- wunderkind: a child prodigy.
- wunderkind: one who achieves success or acclaim during youth.
X
- xenophobia: fear or hatred of what is strange or foreign.
- Xflummox: to confuse; to perplex.
Y
- yeasty: frothy; foamy; spumy, like yeast.
- yen: a strong desire or inclination.
- yen: a strong desire or inclination.
Z
- zeitgeist: the spirit of the time.
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