In this article, you will learn about a variety of words that begin with the letter “W,” enhancing your vocabulary and understanding of their uses.
- Waddle- to walk with short, swaying steps.
- Waffle- to speak or write evasively.
- Waft- to float easily and gently on the air.
- Wag- to move from side to side repeatedly.
- Wage- payment for work performed.
- Wail- a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger.
- Wait- to stay where one is or delay action until a particular time.
- Wake- a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died.
- Walk- to move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn.
- Wall- a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area.
- Wallow- to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner.
- Wane- to decrease in size, extent, or degree.
- Want- to have a desire to possess or do something.
- War- a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups.
- Ward- a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient.
- Ware- articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods.
- Warm- having or producing a comfortably high temperature.
- Warn- to inform someone in advance of an impending or possible danger, problem, or other unpleasant situation.
- Warp- to become or cause to become bent or twisted out of shape.
- Wart- a small, hard, benign growth on the skin, caused by a virus.
- Wash- to clean with water and, typically, soap or detergent.
- Waste- to use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.
- Watch- to look at or observe attentively over a period of time.
- Water- a clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid essential for most plant and animal life.
- Wave- a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.
- Wax- a sticky yellowish moldable substance secreted by honeybees as the material of honeycomb.
- Way- a method, style, or manner of doing something.
- Wean- to accustom an infant to food other than its mother’s milk.
- Wear- to have on one’s body or part of one’s body as clothing, decoration, protection, or for some other purpose.
- Weary- feeling or showing tiredness.
- Weave- to form by interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right angle to them.
- Web- a network of fine threads constructed by a spider from fluid secreted by its spinnerets.
- Wed- to get married.
- Weed- any undesirable or troublesome plant, especially one that grows profusely where it is not wanted.
- Week- a period of seven days.
- Weep- to shed tears.
- Weigh- to find out how heavy someone or something is.
- Welcome- an instance or manner of greeting someone.
- Welfare- the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.
- Well- in a good or satisfactory manner.
- West- the direction toward which the sun sets.
- Wet- covered or saturated with water or another liquid.
- Whale- a very large marine mammal with a streamlined hairless body, a horizontal tail fin, and a blowhole on top of the head.
- What- asking for information specifying something.
- Wheat- a cereal plant that is grown in large quantities to produce flour for bread.
- Wheel- a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground.
- When- at what time; which time.
- Where- in or to what place or position.
- Whether- expressing a doubt or choice between alternatives.
- Whim- a sudden desire or change of mind.
- Whip- to beat with a strap or rod.
- Whirl- to turn or spin quickly.
- Whisper- to speak very softly using one’s breath without one’s vocal cords.
- Whistle- to make a clear or musical sound by forcing air through a small hole or passage, particularly between one’s lips or teeth.
- White- of the color of milk or fresh snow.
- Who- asking for information about a person.
- Whole- all of; entire.
- Whom- used instead of “who” as the object of a verb or preposition.
- Whose- belonging to or associated with which person.
- Why- for what reason or purpose.
- Wick- a strip of porous material up which liquid fuel is drawn by capillary action to burn in a flame.
- Wide- of great or more than average width.
- Widow- a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.
- Width- the measurement or extent of something from side to side.
- Wife- a married woman.
- Wild- living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.
- Will- expressing future tense.
- Win- to achieve victory in a contest or endeavor.
- Wind- to cause to twist or spiral.
- Window- an opening in the wall or roof of a building or vehicle, fitted with glass.
- Wine- an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice.
- Wing- a modified forelimb or other appendage enabling a bird, bat, insect, or other animal to fly.
- Wink- to close and open one eye quickly as a signal.
- Winter- the coldest season of the year.
- Wipe- to rub with a cloth or the hand to remove dirt or moisture.
- Wire- metal drawn out into a thin flexible thread or rod.
- Wise- having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment.
- Wish- to have a desire for something that is not easily attainable.
- Witch- a woman thought to have magic powers.
- With- accompanied by another person or thing.
- Withdraw- to take back or remove.
- Within- inside the limits or bounds of.
- Without- in the absence of.
- Witness- a person who sees an event take place.
- Wolf- a wild carnivorous mammal that is the largest member of the dog family.
- Woman- an adult human female.
- Wonder- a feeling of amazement and admiration, caused by something beautiful, remarkable, or unfamiliar.
- Wood- the hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber.
- Wool- the fine soft curly or wavy hair forming the coat of a sheep or similar animal.
- Word- a single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing.
- Work- activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result.
- World- the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features.
- Worry- to give way to anxiety or unease.
- Worse- of poorer quality or lower standard.
- Worship- the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.
- Worst- of the poorest quality or the lowest standard.
- Worth- equivalent in value to the sum or item specified.
- Wound- an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken.
- Woven- made by weaving, especially as a pattern.
- Wrinkle- a small line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin.
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