"W, X, Y and Z" words - Part 1

Julia P.
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  1. Zeitgeist
    the spirit of the time
  2. waft
    a long flag; often tapering
  3. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
    weak or ill
  4. wane
    a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  5. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  6. wantonly
    in a wanton manner
    without reason
  7. warlock
    a male witch or sorcerer
  8. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  9. wax
    substance solid at normal temperature and insoluble in water
    to grow larger (wax and wane: larger and smaller)
  10. wayfarer
    a pedestrian who walks from place to place
  11. waylay
    wait in hiding to attack
  12. wayward
    resistant to guidance or discipline
  13. whelm
    overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  14. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  15. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  16. winsome
    charming in a childlike or naive way
  17. wistful
    showing pensive sadness
  18. witticism
    a message whose ingenuity has the power to evoke laughter
  19. wizen
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  20. wrack
    the destruction or collapse of something
  21. wrath
    intense anger
  22. wretched
    deserving or inciting pity
  23. writhe
    move in a twisting or contorted motion
  24. wrought
    shaped to fit by altering the contours of a pliable mass
  25. wry
    humorously sarcastic or mocking
  26. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  27. yaw
    a sudden swerve or turn from an intended course
  28. yesteryear
    the time that has elapsed
  29. yore
    time long past
  30. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
    a fanatic
  31. zealous
    marked by active interest and enthusiasm
  32. zenith
    the highest point of something
    the high point
  33. zephyr
    a slight wind
    west wind
  34. zest
    a tart spicy quality
  35. ziggurat
    a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound
  36. zodiac
    a circular diagram representing the 12 constellations
Created on Wed Sep 14 14:52:17 EDT 2011 (updated Thu Sep 15 13:08:51 EDT 2011)

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