1. Wade - walk through relatively shallow water
2. Waffle - pancake batter baked in an iron
3. Waft - be driven or carried along, as by the air
4. Waggish - witty or joking
5. Waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
6. Wail - a cry of sorrow and grief
7. Waive - do without or cease to hold or adhere to
8. Waiver - a formal written statement of relinquishment
9. Wallow - devote oneself entirely to something
10. Wan - lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
11. Wanderlust - very strong or irresistible impulse to travel
12. Wane - a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
13. Wangle - accomplishing something by scheming or trickery
14. Wanton - spend wastefully
15. Warble - sing or play with trills
16. Wardrobe - collection of clothing belonging to one person
17. Warrant - show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
18. Warranty - written assurance that a product or service will be provided
19. Warren - a series of underground tunnels occupied by rabbits
20. Wary - openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
21. Watershed - the geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries
22. Waver - be unsure or weak
23. Wax - increase, rise, or advance
24. Waylay - wait in hiding to attack
25. Wayward - resistant to guidance or discipline
26. Wean - gradually deprive of mother's milk
27. Weary - physically and mentally fatigued
28. Welfare - governmental provision of assistance to persons in need
29. Welter - a confused multitude of things
30. Wend - direct one's course or way
31. Wharf - a platform from the shore that provides access to ships
32. Wheedle - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
33. Whelp - young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
34. Whet - make keen or more acute
35. Whiff - perceive by inhaling through the nose
36. Whim - a sudden desire
37. Whimsical - determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
38. Whit - a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
39. Whittle - cut small bits or pare shavings from
40. Wholly - to the full or entire extent
41. Whorl - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
42. Widespread - distributed over a large area or extent
43. Wield - handle effectively
44. Willful - done by design
45. Wily - marked by skill in deception
46. Wince - the facial expression of sudden pain
47. Windfall - a sudden happening that brings good fortune
48. Winnow - the act of separating grain from chaff
49. Winsome - charming in a childlike or naive way
50. Wispy - thin and weak
