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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 |
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| wry |
adj. (of a person's face, features, etc) twisted into
an expression of disappointment, disgust or mockery |
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| xenophobia |
n. intense dislike or fear of foreigners or strangers |
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| yen |
n. unit of money in Japan |
| yeoman |
n. (Brit) (esp arch ) farmer who owns and works his
land |
| yield |
v. bear, produce or provide |
| yoke |
n. shaped piece of wood fixed across the necks of two
animals (esp oxen) pulling a cart, plough, etc |
| yokel |
n. simple-minded country person; bumpkin ; |
| yore |
n. of yore (arch or rhet ) long ago |
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| zany |
adj. (infml ) amusingly ridiculous; eccentric |
| zeal |
n. ~ (for sth) (usu intense) energy or enthusiasm; keenness |
| zealot |
n. person who is extremely enthusiastic about sth, esp
religion or politics; fanatic , ; |
| zenith |
n. point in the heavens directly above an observer |
| zephyr |
n. soft gentle breeze |
| zest |
n. ~ great enjoyment or excitement; gusto |
