GRE Vocabulary Cartoons: W Words
wont
accustomed
wan
sickly pale; weak
willful
stubborn, insistent
winsome
charming, pleasing
wily
clever, sly
wry
cleverly and often ironically or grimly humorous
workmanlike
good but not great
wrongheaded
having ideas that are wrong
wax
increase, grow
waspish
irritable
wanting
lacking or absent
wordly
not spiritual; sophisticated, experienced
whimsical
playful; random; fanciful
wistful
sadly wishing for
wizened
shrunken and wrinkled, usually due to age
welter
to be in turmoil; to get tossed around
wane
to decrease in size, amount, length or quantity
waffle
to equivocate; to change one's position
woo
to seek or pursue romantically
winnow
to separate the useful from the not-useful
whet
to sharpen; to make more intense
watershed
turning point