W

Question 1

Waffle

Answer 1

talk vaguely and without much result

Question 2

Waft

Answer 2

1. scent waving movement;
2. carry lightly through

Question 3

Wag

Answer 3

merry person

Question 4

Waggish

Answer 4

witty or joking

Question 5

Wan

Answer 5

pale, as of a person’s complexion

Question 6

Waning

Answer 6

a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent

Question 7

Wanting

Answer 7

lacking in a required or necessary quality.

Question 8

Wanton

Answer 8

unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste

Question 9

Wardrobe

Answer 9

a piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes

Question 10

Warmonger

Answer 10

person who stirs up war

Question 11

Warranted

Answer 11

justify or necessitate (a certain course of action).

Question 12

Wary

Answer 12

feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.

Question 13

Waver

Answer 13

pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

Question 14

Wean

Answer 14

to turn away (from a habit)

Question 15

Wearisome

Answer 15

so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

Question 16

Weary

Answer 16

1. physically and mentally fatigued;
2. verb: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; get tired of something or somebody

Question 17

Weigh

Answer 17

assess the nature or importance of, especially with a view to a decision or action

Question 18

Welkin

Answer 18

the sky, heaven

Question 19

Welter

Answer 19

a confused multitude of things

Question 20

Wend

Answer 20

to go; proceed

Question 21

Wheedle

Answer 21

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Question 22

Whimsical

Answer 22

determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

Dessert is an afterthought at Topaz Thai: her daughter, Aliyah, concocts some whimsical confections, like fried Oreos and brownies served with ice cream.

Question 23

Wile

Answer 23

the use of tricks to deceive someone

Question 24

Wilful

Answer 24

(of a bad or harmful act) intentional; deliberate

Question 25

Wince

Answer 25

show bodily or mental pain

Question 26

Wistful

Answer 26

showing pensive sadness

Question 27

Withhold

Answer 27

hold back; refuse to hand over or share

By doing so, we are withholding from our neediest students any reason to read at all.

Question 28

Witty

Answer 28

showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour

Question 29

Woo

Answer 29

seek the favour, support, or custom of

Question 30

Writ

Answer 30

written order