Barron GRE word
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| withhold | v. (fml )~ sth (from sb/sth) (fml ) refuse to give sth; keep sth back |
| withstand | v. (often fml ) endure (sth) without giving in, collapsing, wearing out, etc; resist |
| witless | adj. unintelligent or foolish; out of one's mind |
| witticism | n. witty remark |
| wizardry | n. practice of magic |
| wizened | adj. having a dried-up wrinkled skin; shrivelled |
| woe | n. great sorrow or distress |
| woeful | adj. full of woe; sad |
| wont | adj. ~ to do sth in the habit of doing sth; accustomed to doing sth |
| worldly | adj. of (the affairs of) the world, esp the pursuit of pleasure or material gain; not spiritual |
| wrangle | n. ~ (about/over sth) noisy or angry argument or dispute (with sb) (about sth) |
| wrath | n. extreme anger |
| wreak | v. ~ sth (on sb) carry out (revenge or vengeance) on sb; inflict sth |
| wrench | v. ~ sth off (sth); ~ sb/sth away twist or pull sb/sth violently away from sth |
| wrest | v. ~ sth from sb take sth away from sb violently |
| wretch | n. very unfortunate or miserable person |
| wring | v. ~ sth (out) twist and squeeze sth in order to remove liquid from it |
| wrinkle | n. small fold or line in the skin, esp one of those on the face that are caused by age |
| writ | n. formal legal written order to do or not to do sth, issued by a court of law or a person in authority |
| writhe | v. twist or roll about, esp because of great pain |
| wrongheaded | |
| wry | adj. (of a person's face, features, etc) twisted into an expression of disappointment, disgust or mockery |