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Wan

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Sickly pale

Synonyms: ashen, sickly

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Wanton

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Undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless

Synonyms: capricious, lewd, licentious

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Wary

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Careful

Synonyms: cautious

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Watershed

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Critical turning point

Synonyms: important

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Waver

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To fluctuate between choices

Synonyms: dither, falter

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Wax

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To increase gradually, to begin to be

Synonyms: enlarge, expand

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Wean

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To stop being dependent upon

Synonyms: detach

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Weathered

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To bear up against and come safely through

Synonyms: survive

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Wheedle

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To obtain through coaxing

Synonyms: flatter

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Whet

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To sharpen, stimulate

Synonyms: hone, grind, strop

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Whimsical

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Playful or fanciful idea

Synonyms: capricious, chameleonic, erratic, fickle, mutable

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Whisk

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To brush off lightly

Synonyms: wipe

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Whittle

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Shape wood with a knife

Synonyms: carve

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Widget

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An unidentified article used to hypothetical examples

Synonyms: gadgets

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Wield

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To exercise authority or influence effectively

Synonyms: exert

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Wily

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Clever, deceptive

Synonyms: cunning, tricky, crafty

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Winsome

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Charming, happily engaging

Synonyms: attractive, delightful

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Withhold

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To restrain

Synonyms: keep

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Wizened

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Withered, shriveled, wrinkled

Synonyms: atrophied, desiccated, gnarled, mummified, wasted

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Worst

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To gain the advantage over, defeat

Synonyms: beat, vanquish

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Wraith

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A ghost or specter, a ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death

Synonyms: apparition, bogeyman, phantasm, shade, spirit

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Wrath

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Forceful anger

Synonyms: hostility

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Writhe

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To squirm or twist as if in pain

Synonyms: wiggle, wriggle

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Wry

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Bent or twisted in shape or condition

Synonyms: askew, sardonic

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