| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Zephyr | gentle breeze; west wind |
| zenith | point directly overhead in the sky; summit |
| zealot | fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal |
| zeal | eager enthusiasm |
| zany | crazy; comic |
| yore | time past |
| yokel | country bumpkin |
| yoke | join together, unite |
| yield | give in; surrender |
| yield | amount produced; crop; income on investment |
| yeoman | man owning small estate; middle-class farmer |
| yen | longing; urge |
| xenophobia | fear or hatred of foreigners |
| wry | twisted; with a humorous twist |
| writhe | twist in coils; contort in pain |
| wrest | pull away; take by violence |
| wrench | pull; strain; twist |
| wreak | inflict |
| wrath | anger; fury |
| wrangel | quarrel; obtain through arguing; herd cattle |
| worldly | engrossed in matters of this earth; not spiritual |
| wont | custom; habitual procedure |
| woe | deep, inconsolable grief; afflication; suffering |
| wizened | withered;shriveled |
| witticism | witty saying; wisecrack |
| witless | foolish;idiotic |
| wither | shrivel; decay |
| wistful | baguely longing; sadly pensive |
| wispy | thin; slight; barely discernible |
| winsome | agreeable; gracious; engaging |
| innow | sift; separate good parts from bad |
| wily | cunning; artful |
| whorl | ring of leaves around stem; ring |
| whit | smallest speck; shred; tiny bit |
| whimsical | capricious; fanciful |
| whet | sharpen; stimulate |
| wheedle | cajole;coax; deceive by flattery |
| welter | wallow |
| welter | turmoil; bewildering jumble |
| waylay | ambush;lie in wait |
| wax | increase; grow |
| wastrel | profligate |
| wary | very cautious |
| warren | tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live |
| warble | sing;babble |
| wanton | unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste |
| wane | decrease in size or strenght; draw gradually to an end |
| wanderlust | strong longing to travel |
| wan | having a pale or sickly color; pallid |
| wallow | roll in; indulge in; become helpless |
| wake | trail of ship or other object through water; pather of something that has gone before |
| waif | homless child or animal |
| waggish | mischievios; humorous; tricky |
| waft | moved gently by wind or waves |
| waffle | speak equivocally about an issue |
| vulpine | like a fox; crafty |
| vulnerable | susceptible to wounds |
| voyeru | peeping tom |
| vouchsafe | grant condescendingly; guarantee |
| vortex | whirlwind; whirlpool |
| voracious | ravenous |
| voluminous | bulky; large |
| voluble | glib; talkative |
| volition | act of making a conscious choice |
| volatile | changeable; explovisve; evaporating rapidly |
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