| A | B |
| wile | a trick to entice; to pass time |
| willful | intentional; insistant on having one's way |
| wily | deceitful; clever; crafty; cunning |
| wince | to flinch; to shrink back |
| winnow | to rid of undesirable parts |
| winsome | charming; winning; engaging; attracting |
| wiseacre | an obnoxious, self-assertive, and arrogant person |
| wistful | longing; sorrowfully pining; yearning |
| withered | shriveled; shrunken; dried-up |
| witticism | a joke |
| wizened | shriveled or dried up; withered |
| woe | great suffering or sorrow; distress |
| wont | custom; habit; practice; accustomed |
| wrath | extreme or violent rage |
| wrest | pull away; take by violence |
| writhe | to twist or bend; to suffer acutely, as in pain or embarrassment |