GRE list W X Y Z

rakshith K.
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  1. waffle
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  2. wage
    carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
  3. waggish
    witty or joking
  4. wanderlust
    very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
  5. wane
    a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  6. wangle
    accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
  7. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  8. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  9. waylay
    wait in hiding to attack
  10. weary
    physically and mentally fatigued
  11. wheedle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  12. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  13. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  14. wince
    draw back, as with fear or pain
  15. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  16. wistful
    showing pensive sadness
  17. wizened
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  18. woe
    misery resulting from affliction
  19. wont
    an established custom
  20. wrangle
    quarrel noisily, angrily, or disruptively
  21. wreak
    cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
  22. witticism
    a message whose ingenuity has the power to evoke laughter
  23. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  24. yen
    a desire for something or to do something
  25. yore
    time long past
  26. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  27. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
  28. zenith
    the highest point of something
Created on Tue Jun 26 15:47:29 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Jun 26 15:49:35 EDT 2012)

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