SAT-Vocab-10 Flashcards
succumb (v.)
To cease to resist.
sufferance (n.)
Toleration.
sufficiency (n.)
An ample or adequate supply.
suffrage (n.)
The right or privilege of voting.
suffuse (v.)
To cover or fill the surface of.
suggestible (adj.)
That can be suggested.
suggestive (adj.)
Stimulating to thought or reflection.
summary (n.)
An abstract.
sumptuous (adj.)
Rich and costly.
superabundance (n.)
An excessive amount.
superadd (v.)
To add in addition to what has been added.
superannuate (v.)
To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.
superb (adj.)
Sumptuously elegant.
supercilious (adj.)
Exhibiting haughty and careless contempt.
superficial (adj.)
Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious.
superfluity (n.)
That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed.
superfluous (adj.)
Being more than is needed.
superheat (v.)
To heat to excess.
superintend (v.)
To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
superintendence (n.)
Direction and management.
superintendent (n.)
One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
superlative (n.)
That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.
supernatural (adj.)
Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power.
supernumerary (adj.)
Superfluous.
supersede (v.)
To displace.
supine (adj.)
Lying on the back.
supplant (v.)
To take the place of.
supple (adj.)
Easily bent.
supplementary (adj.)
Being an addition to.
supplicant (n.)
One who asks humbly and earnestly.
supplicate (v.)
To beg.
supposition (n.)
Conjecture.
suppress (v.)
To prevent from being disclosed or punished.
suppressible (adj.)
Capable of being suppressed.
suppression (n.)
A forcible putting or keeping down.
supramundane (adj.)
Supernatural.
surcharge (n.)
An additional amount charged.
surety (n.)
Security for payment or performance.
surfeit (v.)
To feed to fullness or to satiety.
surmise (v.)
To conjecture.
surmount (v.)
To overcome by force of will.
surreptitious (adj.)
Clandestine.
surrogate (n.)
One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.
surround (v.)
To encircle.
surveyor (n.)
A land-measurer.
susceptibility (n.)
A specific capability of feeling or emotion.
susceptible (adj.)
Easily under a specified power or influence.
suspense (n.)
Uncertainty.
suspension (n.)
A hanging from a support.
suspicious (adj.)
Inclined to doubt or mistrust.
sustenance (n.)
Food.
swarthy (adj.)
Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion.
Sybarite (n.)
A luxurious person.
sycophant (n.)
A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.
syllabic (adj.)
Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
syllabication (n.)
Division of words into that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
syllable (n.)
That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
syllabus (n.)
Outline of a subject, course, lecture, or treatise.
sylph (n.)
A slender, graceful young woman or girl.
symmetrical (adj.)
Well-balanced.
symmetry (n.)
Relative proportion and harmony.
sympathetic (adj.)
Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others.
sympathize (v.)
To share the sentiments or mental states of another.
symphonic (adj.)
Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
symphonious (adj.)
Marked by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
symphony (n.)
A harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
synchronism (n.)
Simultaneousness.
syndicate (n.)
An association of individuals united for the prosecution of some enterprise.
syneresis (n.)
The coalescence of two vowels or syllables, as e’er for ever.
synod (n.)
An ecclesiastical council.
synonym (n.)
A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.
synopsis (n.)
A syllabus or summary.
systematic (adj.)
Methodical.
tableau (n.)
An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
tacit (adj.)
Understood.
taciturn (adj.)
Disinclined to conversation.
tack (n.)
A small sharp-pointed nail.
tact (n.)
Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing.
tactician (n.)
One who directs affairs with skill and shrewdness.
tactics (n.)
Any maneuvering or adroit management for effecting an object.
tangency (n.)
The state of touching.
tangent (adj.)
Touching.
tangible (adj.)
Perceptible by touch.
tannery (n.)
A place where leather is tanned.
tantalize (v.)
To tease.
tantamount (adj.)
Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import.
tapestry (n.)
A fabric to which a pattern is applied with a needle, designed for ornamental hangings.
tarnish (v.)
To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way.
taut (adj.)
Stretched tight.
taxation (n.)
A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution.
taxidermy (n.)
The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them.
technic (adj.)
Technical.
technicality (n.)
Something peculiar to a particular art, trade, or the like.
technique (n.)
Manner of performance.
technography (n.)
The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.
technology (n.)
The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures.
teem (v.)
To be full to overflowing.
telepathy (n.)
Thought-transference.
telephony (n.)
The art or process of communicating by telephone.
telescope (v.)
To drive together so that one slides into the another like the sections of a spy-glass.
telltale (adj.)
That gives warning or information.
temerity (n.)
Recklessness.
temporal (adj.)
Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.
temporary (adj.)
Lasting for a short time only.
temporize (v.)
To pursue a policy of delay.
tempt (v.)
To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.
tempter (n.)
An allurer or enticer to evil.
tenacious (adj.)
Unyielding.
tenant (n.)
An occupant.
tendency (n.)
Direction or inclination, as toward some objector end.
tenet (n.)
Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.
tenor (n.)
A settled course or manner of progress.
tense (adj.)
Strained to stiffness.
tentative (adj.)
Done as an experiment.
tenure (n.)
The term during which a thing is held.
tercentenary (adj.)
Pertaining to a period of 300 years.
termagant (adj.)
Violently abusive and quarrelsome.
terminal (adj.)
Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit.
terminate (v.)
To put an end or stop to.
termination (n.)
The act of ending or concluding.
terminus (n.)
The final point or goal.
terrify (v.)
To fill with extreme fear.
territorial (adj.)
Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction.
terse (adj.)
Pithy.
testament (n.)
A will.
testator (n.)
The maker of a will.
testimonial (n.)
A formal token of regard, often presented in public.
thearchy (n.)
Government by a supreme deity.
theism (n.)
Belief in God.
theocracy (n.)
A government administered by ecclesiastics.
theocrasy (n.)
The mixed worship of polytheism.
theologian (n.)
A professor of divinity.
theological (adj.)
Based on or growing out of divine revelation.
theology (n.)
The branch of theological science that treats of God.
theoretical (adj.)
Directed toward knowledge for its own sake without respect to applications.
theorist (n.)
One given to speculating.
theorize (v.)
To speculate.
thereabout (adv.)
Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.
therefor (adv.)
For that or this.
thermal (adj.)
Of or pertaining to heat.
thermoelectric (adj.)
Denoting electricity produced by heat.
thermoelectricity (n.)
Electricity generated by differences of temperature,
thesis (n.)
An essay or treatise on a particular subject.
thoroughbred (adj.)
Bred from the best or purest blood or stock.
thoroughfare (n.)
A public street or road.
thrall (n.)
One controlled by an appetite or a passion.
tilth (n.)
Cultivation.
timbre (n.)
The quality of a tone, as distinguished from intensity and pitch.
timorous (adj.)
Lacking courage.
tincture (n.)
A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.
tinge (n.)
A faint trace of color.
tipsy (adj.)
Befuddled with drinks.
tirade (n.)
Harangue.
tireless (adj.)
Untiring.
tiresome (adj.)
Wearisome.
Titanic (adj.)
Of vast size or strength.
toilsome (adj.)
Laborious.
tolerable (adj.)
Moderately good.
tolerance (n.)
Forbearance in judging of the acts or opinions of others.
tolerant (adj.)
Indulgent.
tolerate (v.)
To passively permit or put up with.
toleration (n.)
A spirit of charitable leniency.
topography (n.)
The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy.
torpor (n.)
Apathy.
torrid (adj.)
Excessively hot.
tortious (adj.)
Wrongful.
tortuous (adj.)
Abounding in irregular bends or turns.
torturous (adj.)
Marked by extreme suffering.
tractable (adj.)
Easily led or controlled.
trait (n.)
A distinguishing feature or quality.
trajectory (n.)
The path described by a projectile moving under given forces.
trammel (n.)
An impediment.
tranquil (adj.)
Calm.
tranquilize (v.)
To soothe.
tranquility (n.)
Calmness.
transalpine (adj.)
Situated on the other side of the Alps.
transact (v.)
To do business.
transatlantic (adj.)
Situated beyond or on the other side of the Atlantic.
transcend (v.)
To surpass.
transcendent (adj.)
Surpassing.
transcontinental (adj.)
Extending or passing across a continent.
transcribe (v.)
To write over again (something already written)
transcript (n.)
A copy made directly from an original.
transfer (v.)
To convey, remove, or cause to pass from one person or place to another.
transferable (adj.)
Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another.
transferee (n.)
The person to whom a transfer is made.
transference (n.)
The act of conveying from one person or place to another.
transferrer (n.)
One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another.
transfigure (v.)
To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to.
transfuse (v.)
To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another.
transfusible (adj.)
Capable of being poured from one vessel to another.
transfusion (n.)
The act of pouring from one vessel to another.
transgress (v.)
To break a law.
transience (n.)
Something that is of short duration.
transient (n.)
One who or that which is only of temporary existence.
transition (n.)
Passage from one place, condition, or action to another.
transitory (adj.)
Existing for a short time only.
translate (v.)
To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect.
translator (n.)
An interpreter.
translucence (n.)
The property or state of allowing the passage of light.
translucent (adj.)
Allowing the passage of light.
transmissible (adj.)
That may e sent through or across.
transmission (n.)
The act of sending through or across.
transmit (v.)
To send trough or across.
transmute (v.)
To change in nature, substance, or form.
transparent (adj.)
Easy to see through or understand.
transpire (v.)
To come to pass.
transplant (v.)
To remove and plant in another place.
transposition (n.)
The act of reversing the order or changing the place of.
transverse (adj.)
Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction.
travail (n.)
Hard or agonizing labor.
travesty (n.)
A grotesque imitation.
treacherous (adj.)
Perfidious.
treachery (n.)
Violation of allegiance, confidence, or plighted faith.
treasonable (adj.)
Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance.
treatise (n.)
An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts.
treble (adj.)
Multiplied by three.
trebly (adv.)
Triply.
tremendous (adj.)
Awe-inspiring.
tremor (n.)
An involuntary trembling or shivering.
tremulous (adj.)
Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness.
trenchant (adj.)
Cutting deeply and quickly.
trepidation (n.)
Nervous uncertainty of feeling.
trestle (n.)
An open braced framework for supporting the horizontal stringers of a railway-bridge.
triad (n.)
A group of three persons of things.
tribune (n.)
Any champion of the rights and liberties of the people: often used as the name for a newspaper.
trickery (n.)
Artifice.
tricolor (adj.)
Of three colors.
tricycle (n.)
A three-wheeled vehicle.
trident (n.)
The three-pronged fork that was the emblem of Neptune.
triennial (adj.)
Taking place every third year.
trimness (n.)
Neatness.
trinity (n.)
A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.
trio (n.)
Three things grouped or associated together.
triple (adj.)
Threefold.
triplicate (adj.)
Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.
triplicity (n.)
The state of being triple or threefold.
tripod (n.)
A three-legged stand, usually hinged near the top, for supporting some instrument.
trisect (v.)
To divide into three parts, especially into three equal parts.
trite (adj.)
Made commonplace by frequent repetition.
triumvir (n.)
One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority.
trivial (adj.)
Of little importance or value.
troublesome (adj.)
Burdensome.
truculence (n.)
Ferocity.
truculent (adj.)
Having the character or the spirit of a savage.
truism (n.)
A statement so plainly true as hardly to require statement or proof.
truthful (adj.)
Veracious.
turgid (adj.)
Swollen.
turpitude (n.)
Depravity.
tutelage (n.)
The act of training or the state of being under instruction.
tutelar (adj.)
Protective.
tutorship (n.)
The office of a guardian.
twinge (n.)
A darting momentary local pain.
typical (adj.)
Characteristic.
typify (v.)
To serve as a characteristic example of.
typographical (adj.)
Pertaining to typography or printing.
typography (n.)
The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter.
tyrannical (adj.)
Despotic.
tyranny (n.)
Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated.
tyro (n.)
One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.
ubiquitous (adj.)
Being present everywhere.
ulterior (adj.)
Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of.
ultimate (adj.)
Beyond which there is nothing else.
ultimatum (n.)
A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions.
ultramundane (adj.)
Pertaining to supernatural things or to another life.
ultramontane (adj.)
Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side).
umbrage (n.)
A sense of injury.
unaccountable (adj.)
Inexplicable.
unaffected (adj.)
Sincere.
unanimous (adj.)
Sharing the same views or sentiments.
unanimity (n.)
The state or quality of being of one mind.
unavoidable (adj.)
Inevitable.
unbearable (adj.)
Unendurable.
unbecoming (adj.)
Unsuited to the wearer, place, or surroundings.
unbelief (n.)
Doubt.
unbiased (adj.)
Impartial, as judgment.
unbridled (adj.)
Being without restraint.
uncommon (adj.)
Rare.
unconscionable (adj.)
Ridiculously or unjustly excessive.
unconscious (adj.)
Not cognizant of objects, actions, etc.
unction (n.)
The art of anointing as with oil.
unctuous (adj.)
Oily.
undeceive (v.)
To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs.
undercharge (v.)
To make an inadequate charge for.
underexposed (adj.)
Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography.
undergarment (n.)
A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments.
underman (v.)
To equip with less than the full complement of men.
undersell (v.)
To sell at a lower price than.
undersized (adj.)
Of less than the customary size.
underhanded (adj.)
Clandestinely carried on.
underlie (v.)
To be the ground or support of.
underling (n.)
A subordinate.
undermine (v.)
To subvert in an underhand way.
underrate (v.)
To undervalue.
understate (v.)
To fail to put strongly enough, as a case.
undervalue (v.)
To underestimate.
underworld (n.)
Hades.
underwrite (v.)
To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance.
undue (adj.)
More than sufficient.
undulate (v.)
To move like a wave or in waves.
undulous (adj.)
Resembling waves.
unfavorable (adj.)
Adverse.
ungainly (adj.)
Clumsy.
unguent (n.)
Any ointment or lubricant for local application.
unicellular (adj.)
Consisting of a single cell.
univalence (n.)
Monovalency.
unify (v.)
To cause to be one.
unique (adj.)
Being the only one of its kind.
unison (n.)
A condition of perfect agreement and accord.
unisonant (adj.)
Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.
Unitarian (adj.)
Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.
unlawful (adj.)
Illegal.
unlimited (adj.)
Unconstrained.
unnatural (adj.)
Artificial.
unnecessary (adj.)
Not essential under the circumstances.
unsettle (v.)
To put into confusion.
unsophisticated (adj.)
Showing inexperience.
unspeakable (adj.)
Abominable.
untimely (adj.)
Unseasonable.
untoward (adj.)
Causing annoyance or hindrance.
unutterable (adj.)
Inexpressible.
unwieldy (adj.)
Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape.
unwise (adj.)
Foolish.
unyoke (v.)
To separate.
up-keep (n.)
Maintenance.
upbraid (v.)
To reproach as deserving blame.
upcast (n.)
A throwing upward.
upheaval (n.)
Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition.
upheave (v.)
To raise or lift with effort.
uppermost (adj.)
First in order of precedence.
uproarious (adj.)
Noisy.
uproot (v.)
To eradicate.
upturn (v.)
To throw into confusion.
urban (adj.)
Of, or pertaining to, or like a city.
urbanity (n.)
Refined or elegant courtesy.
urchin (n.)
A roguish, mischievous boy.
urgency (n.)
The pressure of necessity.
usage (n.)
Treatment.
usurious (adj.)
Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.
usurp (v.)
To take possession of by force.
usury (n.)
The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law.
utilitarianism (n.)
The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.
utility (n.)
Fitness for some desirable practical purpose.
utmost (n.)
The greatest possible extent.
vacate (v.)
To leave.
vaccinate (v.)
To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox.
vacillate (v.)
To waver.
vacuous (adj.)
Empty.
vacuum (n.)
A space entirely devoid of matter.
vagabond (n.)
A wanderer.
vagrant (n.)
An idle wanderer.
vainglory (n.)
Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
vale (n.)
Level or low land between hills.
valediction (n.)
A bidding farewell.
valedictorian (n.)
Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution.
valedictory (n.)
A parting address.
valid (adj.)
Founded on truth.
valorous (adj.)
Courageous.
vapid (adj.)
Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.
vaporizer (n.)
An atomizer.
variable (adj.)
Having a tendency to change.
variance (n.)
Change.
variant (n.)
A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance.
variation (n.)
Modification.
variegate (v.)
To mark with different shades or colors.
vassal (n.)
A slave or bondman.
vaudeville (n.)
A variety show.
vegetal (adj.)
Of or pertaining to plants.
vegetarian (n.)
One who believes in the theory that man’s food should be exclusively vegetable.
vegetate (v.)
To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties.
vegetation (n.)
Plant-life in the aggregate.
vegetative (adj.)
Pertaining to the process of plant-life.
vehement (adj.)
Very eager or urgent.
velocity (n.)
Rapid motion.
velvety (adj.)
Marked by lightness and softness.
venal (adj.)
Mercenary, corrupt.
vendible (adj.)
Marketable.
vendition (n.)
The act of selling.
vendor (n.)
A seller.
veneer (n.)
Outside show or elegance.
venerable (adj.)
Meriting or commanding high esteem.
venerate (v.)
To cherish reverentially.
venereal (adj.)
Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.
venial (adj.)
That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.
venison (n.)
The flesh of deer.
venom (n.)
The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete.
venous (adj.)
Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins.
veracious (adj.)
Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
veracity (n.)
Truthfulness.
verbatim (adv.)
Word for word.
verbiage (n.)
Use of many words without necessity.
verbose (adj.)
Wordy.
verdant (adj.)
Green with vegetation.
verification (n.)
The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.
verify (v.)
To prove to be true, exact, or accurate.
verily (adv.)
In truth.
verity (n.)
Truth.
vermin (n.)
A noxious or troublesome animal.
vernacular (n.)
The language of one’s country.
vernal (adj.)
Belonging to or suggestive of the spring.
versatile (adj.)
Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.
version (n.)
A description or report of something as modified by one’s character or opinion.
vertex (n.)
Apex.
vertical (adj.)
Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon.
vertigo (n.)
Dizziness.
vestige (n.)
A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.
vestment (n.)
Clothing or covering.
veto (n.)
The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.
vicarious (adj.)
Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.
viceroy (n.)
A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.
vicissitude (n.)
A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.
vie (v.)
To contend.
vigilance (n.)
Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.
vigilant (adj.)
Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.
vignette (n.)
A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.
vincible (adj.)
Conquerable.
vindicate (v.)
To prove true, right, or real.
vindicatory (adj.)
Punitive.
vindicative (adj.)
Revengeful.
vinery (n.)
A greenhouse for grapes.
viol (n.)
A stringed instrument of the violin class.
viola (n.)
A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.
violator (n.)
One who transgresses.
violation (n.)
Infringement.
violoncello (n.)
A stringed instrument held between the player’s knees.
virago (n.)
A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.
virile (adj.)
Masculine.
virtu (n.)
Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.
virtual (adj.)
Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.
virtuoso (n.)
A master in the technique of some particular fine art.
virulence (n.)
Extreme poisonousness.
virulent (adj.)
Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.
visage (n.)
The face, countenance, or look of a person.
viscount (n.)
In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage.
vista (n.)
A view or prospect.
visual (adj.)
Perceptible by sight.
visualize (v.)
To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.
vitality (n.)
The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance.
vitalize (v.)
To endow with life or energy.
vitiate (v.)
To contaminate.
vituperable (adj.)
Deserving of censure.
vivacity (n.)
Liveliness.
vivify (v.)
To endue with life.
vivisection (n.)
The dissection of a living animal.
vocable (n.)
a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.
vocative (adj.)
Of or pertaining to the act of calling.
vociferance (n.)
The quality of making a clamor.
vociferate (v.)
To utter with a loud and vehement voice.
vociferous (adj.)
Making a loud outcry.
vogue (n.)
The prevalent way or fashion.
volant (adj.)
Flying or able to fly.
volatile (adj.)
Changeable.
volition (n.)
An act or exercise of will.
volitive (adj.)
Exercising the will.
voluble (adj.)
Having great fluency in speaking.
voluptuous (adj.)
having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.
voracious (adj.)
Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.
vortex (n.)
A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.
votary (adj.)
Consecrated by a vow or promise.
votive (adj.)
Dedicated by a vow.
vulgarity (n.)
Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.
vulnerable (adj.)
Capable of receiving injuries.
waif (n.)
A homeless, neglected wanderer.
waistcoat (n.)
A vest.
waive (v.)
To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim.
wampum (n.)
Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency.
wane (v.)
To diminish in size and brilliancy.
wantonness (n.)
Recklessness.
warlike (adj.)
Belligerent.
wavelet (n.)
A ripple.
weak-kneed (adj.)
Without resolute purpose or energy.
weal (n.)
Well-being.
wean (v.)
To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother’s milk to another form of nourishment.
wearisome (adj.)
Fatiguing.
wee (adj.)
Very small.
well-bred (adj.)
Of good ancestry.
well-doer (n.)
A performer of moral and social duties.
well-to-do (adj.)
In prosperous circumstances.
whereabouts (n.)
The place in or near which a person or thing is.
whereupon (adv.)
After which.
wherever (adv.)
In or at whatever place.
wherewith (n.)
The necessary means or resources.
whet (v.)
To make more keen or eager.
whimsical (adj.)
Capricious.
whine (v.)
To utter with complaining tone.
wholly (adv.)
Completely.
wield (v.)
To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command.
wile (n.)
An act or a means of cunning deception.
winsome (adj.)
Attractive.
wintry (adj.)
Lacking warmth of manner.
wiry (adj.)
Thin, but tough and sinewy.
witchcraft (n.)
Sorcery.
witless (adj.)
Foolish, indiscreet, or silly.
witling (n.)
A person who has little understanding.
witticism (n.)
A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment.
wittingly (adv.)
With knowledge and by design.
wizen (v.)
To become or cause to become withered or dry.
wizen-faced (adj.)
Having a shriveled face.
working-man (n.)
One who earns his bread by manual labor.
workmanlike (adj.)
Like or befitting a skilled workman.
