Part 21
=Vital.= Living; mortal; important, necessary, essential; animate; indispensable, material, paramount.
ANT. _Mortal, lifeless, inanimate, secondary, separable, unessential, unimportant, immaterial._
=Vitiate.= Impair, contaminate, annul, spoil, void, destroy, injure; cause to deteriorate, taint; invalidate.
ANT. _Adhere to, corroborate, support, confirm, substantiate, justify, sanction, vindicate; refresh, improve, remedy._
=Vivacious.= Animated, sportive, gay, jocund, light-hearted; merry, sprightly; brisk, frolicsome, spirited, cheerful, mirthful.
ANT. _Inanimate, dead, lifeless, spiritless, heavy, somber, melancholy, mournful, sad, inert, dull, stolid._
=Vivid.= Clear, lucid, striking, active, lively, quick; fresh, intense, animated, bright, strong, spirited, sprightly; brilliant, lustrous, radiant, glowing, scintillant, sunny.
ANT. _Dull, opaque, lurid, obscure, rayless, somber, cloudy, dark, colorless, dim, pale, wan, dusky, non-luminous._
=Vocation.= Call, summons, citation; business, profession, employment, calling, occupation, trade; function, mission, office.
ANT. _Leisure, non-employment; avocation, hobby._
=Vogue.= Mode, custom, way, use, fashion, practice, usage.
ANT. _Disfavor, desuetude, disuse, unfashionableness, abolition._
=Voice=, _n._ Sound, utterance, tone; language, words, speech, judgment, expression, vote; command, precept; opinion.
ANT. _Dumbness, silence, inexpression, muteness, inarticulation, obtumescence._
=Void=, _a._ Empty, vacant, devoid, wanting, ineffectual, destitute, lacking; unoccupied, unused, unfilled; null, invalid, nugatory; vain, unreal, imaginary, unsubstantial.
ANT. _Occupied, solid, substantial, possessed, endued; effectual, valid, operative, good, efficacious, furnished._
=Volatile.= Light-hearted, airy; changeable, fickle; lively, evaporating, vaporable, vivacious, buoyant, jocund; inconstant, flighty, whimsical, capricious, unsteady, reckless.
ANT. _Fixed, steady, established, determined, solid, settled; persistent, resolute; involatile; somber, demure._
=Volition.= Will, choice, preference, determination, purpose; discretion, free will, election, deliberation.
ANT. _Necessity, force, predestination, fate, coercion, foreordination._
=Voluble.= Rotating; nimble, glib; active; fluent, loquacious, talkative, rapid, running, coursing.
ANT. _Direct; slow, deliberate, hesitating, stuttering, torpid, stammering, creeping, lazy._
=Volume.= Book, tome; convolution, coil; dimension, mass, capacity, bulk, size.
ANT. _Minuteness, smallness._
=Voluntary.= Spontaneous, willing, uncompelled; free, impulsive; unconstrained, deliberate, intentional, optional, gratuitous, by choice; discretional.
ANT. _Coerced, forced, involuntary, compulsory, necessitated, constrained._
=Volunteer=, _v._ Offer, bestow, or act freely, proffer, tender, present.
ANT. _Levy, draft, requisition, request, demand, suborn, confiscate._
=Voluptuous.= Sensual, sensuous, epicurean, luxurious, pleasurable, licentious, self-indulgent.
ANT. _Self-sacrificing, abstinent, ascetic, self-denying, austere, puritanical, renunciatory._
=Voracious.= Hungry, greedy, rapacious, eager, ravenous, gluttonous, insatiate, omnivorous.
ANT. _Fastidious, dainty, refined, delicate, nice._
=Vouch.= Declare, affirm, attest, support, asseverate, aver, protest, assure, promise, warrant, guarantee.
ANT. _Repudiate, abjure, renounce, protest against, demur, decline, abnegate._
=Vouchsafe.= Grant, concede, bestow; condescend, deign, stoop, descend, yield.
ANT. _Deny, refuse, withhold._
=Vow=, _n._ Promise, pledge; oath, asseveration.
=Vow=, _v._ Devote, promise, consecrate, dedicate; assert, asseverate, swear.
ANT. _Release, absolve, free; pollute, defile, profane._
=Vulgar.= Common, general, ordinary, public; vernacular; plebeian; popular; rustic, boorish, low, coarse, base, underbred.
ANT. _Noble, aristocratic, patrician, high-born, refined, polite, high-bred, stylish, select, choice, cultivated; strict, scientific, philosophical, technical, accurate._
=Vulnerable.= Susceptible, liable, subject, assailable, weak, tender, exposed.
ANT. _Impregnable, unassailable, unexposed, concealed, fortified, defended._
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=Waft.= Bear, convey, transmit, carry, transport, make to float on waves (_of air or water_).
ANT. _Sink, weigh down, depress._
=Wages.= Salary, stipend, allowance, remuneration, fruit, hire, pay, compensation; earnings; reward, emolument.
ANT. _Gratuity, bonus, premium, grace, douceur, gift, boon._
=Wait.= Stay, tarry, delay, stop, abide, remain, linger; rest; expect, watch, await, look for.
ANT. _Hasten, hurry, speed, press on; go, depart._
=Waive.= Relinquish, forbear, refuse, forego; throw away, cast off, reject, desert; abandon, remit, quit claim, cancel, drop, renounce, surrender.
ANT. _Urge, assert, press, enforce, claim, defend, vindicate._
=Wake.= Be awake, watch; excite, arouse, stir; reanimate, revive; call, evoke, summon, provoke.
ANT. _Soothe, hush, tranquilize, quiet; mesmerize; allay, appease, calm._
=Wakeful.= Vigilant, awake, sleepless; watchful, observant, wary.
ANT. _Drowsy, sleepy; heedless, careless, incautious, unwary._
=Walk.= Move on foot, proceed; be stirring, be abroad; behave, pursue, conduct one’s self; perambulate, pass, traverse; step, stride, march, stalk, tramp, plod, trudge, tread.
ANT. _Halt, stop, stand still; ride, drive._
=Wan.= Pale, sickly, languid, pallid; ashen, colorless, haggard, cadaverous; livid, bloodless.
ANT. _Fresh-colored, bright, rosy, lively, sanguine, incarnadine._
=Wander.= Straggle, stroll, range; turn aside; be delirious, rave; be crazed; expatiate; depart, saunter; navigate, travel; deviate, diverge, err, ramble, go astray, rove, stray, veer, roam, swerve, digress.
ANT. _Remain, stay, settle, rest, stop, pause, moor, anchor, perch, bivouac, halt, alight, repose._
=Wane.= Be diminished, decrease; decline, fail, sink; fade, pale; ebb; pine, droop, deteriorate, attenuate, contract, recede.
ANT. _Wax, increase, rally, improve, brighten, expand, develop, advance._
=Want=, _n._ Defect, failure, dearth, indigence, absence, scarcity, deficiency, lack; destitution, poverty, need, shortness, insufficiency, scantiness.
ANT. _Supply, sufficiency, allowance, provision, abundance, production, adequacy, supplement._
=Ward=, _n._ Watch, guardianship, guard; garrison, defender, protector; defense, protection; custody; keeper, guardian, warden; pupil, minor; division; apartment.
=Ward=, _v._ Watch, guard; defend, protect; repel, turn aside; be vigilant; keep guard, avert, repel, parry, fend.
ANT. _Betray, surrender, admit._
=Warfare.= Hostilities, war; contest, struggle; strife, discord; belligerence, antagonism; campaign, battle, skirmish, engagement.
ANT. _Peace, truce, armistice; amity, pacification; neutrality; reconciliation; tranquillity, friendliness, harmony, order, quiet, concord._
=Warlike.= Military, martial, hostile, soldierly, inimical, bellicose, unfriendly, belligerent.
ANT. _Peaceful, civil, unmilitary, friendly, pacific, amicable._
=Warm.= Ardent, zealous, fervent, cordial, hot, glowing; violent, vehement, furious, excited, passionate; warm-blooded, warm-hearted; sunny, mild, genial, pleasant; close, oppressive; fervid, earnest, eager, enthusiastic, hearty; lively, interested; irascible.
ANT. _Cool, cold; dispassionate, collected, composed, calm, unruffled, placid, sedate, quiet, staid; unconcerned, frigid, apathetic, chilling; repellent._
=Warmth.= Fervency, glow, earnestness, cordiality, animation, eagerness, excitement, vehemence; interest, zeal, ardor, enthusiasm, passion, fervor, heat, intensity, spirit; emotion, life.
ANT. _Coolness, calmness, indifference, frigidity, torpidity, apathy, impassiveness; calm, chill, obtuseness, frost, iciness._
=Warn.= Make ware, notify, admonish, caution; advise, mention to, inform, apprise; dissuade, deter, alarm, premonish.
ANT. _Encourage, embolden, inspirit, hearten, induce, instigate, prompt, impel._
=Warrant=, _n._ Guaranty, security, voucher; commission, credentials.
=Warrant=, _v._ Secure, guarantee, support, justify, sanction, assure; empower, engage, undertake, authorize.
ANT. _Invalidate, nullify, repudiate, cancel, make void; endanger, imperil._
=Wary.= Circumspect, watchful, cautious, vigilant, prudent, discreet, heedful, thoughtful, careful, guarded, scrupulous, chary.
ANT. _Unsuspecting, unwary, incautious, negligent, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, remiss._
=Wash=, _v._ Cleanse, wet, scrub, moisten, bathe, lave; overflow, fall on; waste, abrade; stain, tint, color; overlay, cover; cleanse, rinse.
ANT. _Soil, stain, pollute, defile, contaminate, bemire._
=Waste=, _n._ Squandering, devastation, loss, decrease; void, desert, wilderness; refuse; prodigality, diminution, dissipation, destruction, havoc, desolation, ravage; solitude, expanse; consumption, expenditure, extravagance.
ANT. _Restoration, renovation, reimbursement, renewal, recovery, restitution, reparation; accumulation, frugality, economy, thrift, hoard, store, accretion._
=Waste=, _v._ Squander, dissipate, lavish, desolate; ruin, devastate, destroy; wear away, impair, use up, consume, spend; damage, injure.
ANT. _Restore, renovate, repair, renew; develop, multiply, augment; economize, hoard, accumulate, treasure, husband, protect._
=Waste=, _a._ Desolate, devastated, stripped, bare, dreary, dismal, gloomy, cheerless; worthless, valueless, refuse, rejected, unused, superfluous.
ANT. _Populated, occupied, cheerful, lively; valuable, useful, essential, necessary._
=Wasteful.= Destructive, ruinous; lavish, prodigal, profuse, extravagant.
ANT. _Careful, economical, frugal, protective._
=Watch=, _v._ Be awake, keep vigil, be on guard, tend; heed, observe, expect.
ANT. _Sleep, drowse, slumber; be careless, neglect, overlook._
=Watchful.= Circumspect, wakeful, heedful; vigilant, awake, attentive, wary, cautious, observant.
ANT. _Drowsy, slumbrous, inobservant, careless, heedless, inattentive, unwary, incautious, remiss, distracted, inadvertent._
=Waver.= Reel, totter, vacillate, fluctuate, hesitate, dubitate, be undetermined, alternate, be perplexed, scruple.
ANT. _Decide, choose, settle, determine, dispose of, be steadfast._
=Wavering=, _n._ Fluctuation, hesitancy, indecision, vacillation; uncertainty, irresolution.
ANT. _Decision, determination, resolution, promptness._
=Way.= Path, road, route, street, track, alley, avenue, channel, course, highway, pathway, highroad, driveway, lane, pass, passageway, passage, thoroughfare, roadway; distance, interval; motion, progression, journey; means, scheme, device, plan; manner, method, mode, fashion, style; practice, habit, habitude, custom, wont.
ANT. _Deviation, error, discursion; deflection, divergence, rambling, wandering; exception, variation._
=Wayward.= Disobedient, headstrong, froward, perverse, wilful, obstinate, stubborn, unruly, capricious, contrary.
ANT. _Amenable, docile, manageable, compliant, obedient._
=Weak.= Feeble, infirm, sickly, exhausted, unable; deficient; soft, pliant, frail; low, faint; spiritless; foolish, wavering, lacking; debilitated, unsound, invalid, fragile, delicate, tender; exposed, unguarded, defenseless; pliable, irresolute; simple, silly, witless, shallow, imbecile, childish; injudicious, unwise; insipid, tasteless, thin, diluted, watery; imprudent, indiscreet, erring; flimsy, slight, frivolous; unsafe, unsubstantial, untrustworthy; ineffectual.
ANT. _Strong, sturdy, vigorous, hardy, robust, powerful; sound, hale, healthy, stout, able; efficient, capable, potent, mighty; firm, compact, secure, impregnable; forcible, intense, energetic; biting, sharp, racy, pungent; rank; tough, tenacious, cohesive, resisting; strenuous, ardent, eager, zealous, hearty; vivid, brilliant; solid, substantial; valid, confirmed, binding._
=Weaken.= Debilitate, enfeeble, enervate; invalidate; depress, impair, reduce, lower, sap, dilute, attenuate.
ANT. _Strengthen, empower, invigorate; confirm, corroborate, substantiate; augment, increase, mend, improve; enhance._
=Weakness.= Feebleness, debility, languor, imbecility, infirmity, decrepitude, faintness, frailty.
ANT. _Strength, vigor, tone, health, power, efficiency, nerve, spirit._
=Wealth.= Riches, affluence, opulence, abundance, plenty, fortune, competence, estate, treasure, money, funds, cash, property; luxury, satiety.
ANT. _Poverty, scarcity, indigence, lack, want, need, impecuniosity._
=Wear.= Carry, bear, have on; use up; impair, waste, diminish, consume; last; don, exhibit, sport.
ANT. _Doff, abandon; renew, renovate, repair; increase, augment, swell._
=Weariness.= Fatigue, languor, exhaustion, lassitude, prostration, depression.
ANT. _Strength, vigor, force, energy, restedness._
=Wearisome.= Tiresome, tedious, irksome, vexatious, fatiguing; trying, wearing; prosy, monotonous, annoying, uninteresting; toilsome, laborious.
ANT. _Easy, pleasing, comfortable; invigorating; facile; interesting, exciting, fascinating, delightful, amusing, stirring._
=Weary=, _a._ Fatigued, tiresome, irksome, wearisome; tired, sick, exhausted.
ANT. _Energetic, strong, refreshed, invigorated; pleased, interested._
=Weave.= Interlace, unite; compose, fabricate; intwine, plait, braid, plat.
ANT. _Disentangle, unravel, untwist, disunite, untwine; extricate, simplify._
=Wed.= Marry, espouse; unite, attach.
ANT. _Separate, divorce._
=Wedding.= Marriage, bridal, espousals, nuptials, nuptial ceremony.
ANT. _Celibacy, bachelorhood, virginity._
=Wedlock.= Marriage, matrimony, nuptial state.
ANT. _Celibacy, bachelorhood, virginity._
=Weep.= Cry, shed tears, lament, complain; drip, be soaked; sob, bewail, bemoan; droop.
ANT. _Laugh, smile; rejoice, be cheerful, enjoy._
=Weight.= Heaviness; pressure, burden; importance, influence, consequence, moment; ponderousness, gravity, load, power; efficacy, impressiveness.
ANT. _Lightness, levity, volatility; insignificance, triviality, weakness, inefficacy, worthlessness; portableness, ease, facility._
=Weighty.= Heavy, ponderous, burdensome, onerous; forcible, momentous; efficacious, impressive, cogent.
ANT. _Easy, light, unencumbered; active, swift; slight, unimportant; frivolous, volatile, unsettled, giddy._
=Welcome=, _n._ Greeting, salutation, reception.
ANT. _Farewell, adieu, parting, good-by, leave-taking; repulse, repudiation._
=Welcome=, _a._ Grateful, pleasing, gladly entertained, acceptable, agreeable, gratifying; gratuitous, free.
ANT. _Unwelcome, unpleasant, disagreeable, unacceptable._
=Welfare.= Prosperity, happiness, well-being, enjoyment, success, weal, advantage, benefit, profit, luck, thrift.
ANT. _Adversity, misfortune, reverses, failure, ill luck, unhappiness._
=Well=, _a._ Good, desirable, fortunate, advantageous; healthy; favored, lucky; hale, sound.
ANT. _Ill, sickly, diseased, unwell, poorly; unlucky, unfortunate._
=Well=, _adv._ Justly, rightly, abundantly, fully, adequately, thoroughly, satisfactorily, advantageously, conveniently, properly.
ANT. _Ill, wrongly, poorly, imperfectly, improperly, badly._
=Wet.= Damp, moist, rainy, humid; nasty; dank; showery; lively, interesting.
ANT. _Dry, parched, thirsty, arid; plain, unvarnished; shrewd, sharp, quaint._
=Wheedle.= Cajole, flatter, entice, coax, inveigle, fawn upon.
ANT. _Deter, undeceive, detract, decry; chide, scold, rebuke, blame._
=Whereas.= Since, considering; when in fact, while, although; seeing that; inasmuch as.
=Whimsical.= Capricious, fanciful, queer, strange, freakish, quaint, fantastic.
ANT. _Staid, serious, sober, matter-of-fact, steady, sedate._
=White.= Snowy, pale, pallid; unblemished, innocent, pure; gray, hoary; fortunate, happy, favorable.
ANT. _Black, dark, colorless, negro, sooty, coallike; dismal, gloomy, forbidding, threatening, sullen, foreboding; impure, sullied._
=Whole.= All, total, complete, entire, undivided, uninjured, unbroken; unimpaired, integral; sound, perfect, faultless, strong, well, healthy.
ANT. _Partial, imperfect, unsound, ill, sick; divided, fractional._
=Wholesome.= Salubrious, salutary, healthy, healthful, nourishing, nutritious, strengthening, invigorating; beneficial, good; fresh, sound, uncorrupt.
ANT. _Detrimental, deleterious, prejudicial, hurtful, pernicious, noxious._
=Wholly.= Entirely, completely, perfectly, totally, fully, altogether, utterly.
ANT. _Partially, imperfectly, incompletely, separately, in part._
=Wicked.= Sinful, criminal, guilty, immoral, ungodly, profane, unrighteous, atrocious, unholy, vicious, nefarious, heinous, abandoned, iniquitous, depraved, unprincipled, irreverent, vile, abandoned, bad, evil, unjust, ill, outrageous, monstrous, villainous.
ANT. _Good, righteous, just, godly, virtuous, fair, honorable, unsullied, pious, benevolent, upright, reputable, true, excellent._
=Wickedness.= Crime, sin, vice, iniquity, evil, depravity, immorality, enormity; badness, vileness, corruption.
ANT. _Goodness, piety, godliness, righteousness, honor, virtue, benevolence._
=Wide.= Broad, spacious, vast, extensive, comprehensive, liberal; remote, distant, far; ample, expanded.
ANT. _Narrow, contracted, confined, cramped, constricted, limited; bigoted, parsimonious; close, near._
=Wife.= Married woman, consort, spouse, helpmate.
ANT. _Sweetheart, maiden; widow._
=Wild=, _a._ Untamed, uncultivated, undomesticated; savage, uncivilized, rude, ferocious; violent, turbulent; disorderly, crazy, ungoverned; visionary; unsheltered, exposed.
ANT. _Tame, domesticated, cultivated, civilized; populated, frequented; polite, gentle, refined; rational, orderly, sane, controlled, sober, collected._
=Wile.= Trick, snare, artifice, beguilement, allurement, stratagem, cheat, fraud, imposture, deceit, deception, contrivance, device.
ANT. _Artlessness, openness, candor, straightforwardness._
=Wilful.= Self-determined, voluntary; obstinate, perverse, stubborn, refractory; self-willed, headstrong; wayward; intentional, prepense, preconceived, premeditated, designed, deliberate, purposed.
ANT. _Concessive, compliant, amenable, obedient, docile, manageable; adventitious, accidental._
=Will=, _n._ Choice, determination, preference, volition; decree, desire, command, purpose; control, disposal; testament; resolution, decision, self-reliance, force; inclination, pleasure, disposition; behest, order, direction.
ANT. _Indecision, vacillation, indeterminateness, indifference; sensibility, perception._
=Will=, _v._ Bequeath, devise, direct; choose, decide, determine, decree; wish, desire, incline to have; be willing.
ANT. _Die intestate; be indifferent._
=Willing.= Inclined, consenting, ready, complying; chosen, desired; disposed, minded, desirous; voluntary.
ANT. _Loath, disinclined, reluctant, averse, backward._
=Win.= Gain, get, procure, earn; be victorious, prevail; obtain; acquire, achieve; conquer; succeed, accomplish.
ANT. _Lose, fail of, miss, forfeit, be deprived or bereaved of._
=Wind=, _v._ Coil, twine, wreathe, twist, turn; enfold, encircle; direct; insinuate.
ANT. _Straighten, unravel, untwist._
=Winding.= Twisting, circuitous, bending, curving, meandering, flexuous, serpentine, sinuous.
ANT. _Straight, rectilinear, direct, undeviating, unswerving._
=Winning.= Charming, attractive, alluring, pleasing, bewitching, winsome, fascinating, delightful, lovely, captivating, prepossessing, enchanting.
ANT. _Repulsive, unpleasing, repellent, disagreeable, offensive, repugnant, revolting, disgusting, odious._
=Wisdom.= Judgment, prudence, reason, understanding, sense, skill, sagacity, attainment, discernment, depth, discretion, information, foresight, learning, profundity, reasonableness, prescience, knowledge, insight, judiciousness, erudition, enlightenment.
ANT. _Folly, imbecility, stupidity, error, foolishness, fatuity, idiocy, absurdity, imprudence, indiscretion, miscalculation, nonsense, misjudgment, silliness, senselessness._
=Wise.= Knowing, erudite, wary, learned, sagacious; crafty; judicious, discreet; skilled, intelligent, rational; sage, sensible; logical; deep, discerning, profound, philosophical.
ANT. _Senseless, idiotic, irrational; nonsensical, imprudent, irrational, indiscreet, ridiculous, preposterous, insensate._
=Wish=, _v._ Long for, hanker after, desire; invoke, imprecate.
ANT. _Despise, dislike; disrelish, be averse to, displease._
=Wit.= Ingenuity, humor, satire, sarcasm, irony, burlesque; intellect, mind, understanding, sense; man of genius or humor; penetration, discernment, insight, acumen; facetiousness, drollery, waggery, jocularity, sparkle, repartee, joke, playfulness, fun, witticism, pleasantry, banter, jest, raillery.
ANT. _Stupidity, inanity, obtuseness, vapidity, dulness, commonplace, matter-of-fact; irrationality, platitude; dolt, dullard; sobriety, solemnity, seriousness, gravity, stolidity._
=Witchcraft.= Sorcery, enchantment, magic, necromancy, conjuration, incantation, charm, spell, thaumaturgy.
=Witchery.= Sorcery, witchcraft; fascination, enchantment, spell, entrancement, ravishment.
ANT. _Reality, actuality, disillusionment, bald facts._
=With.= By, on the side of, by the help of; attending, accompanying, close; against; according to; in contrast with; upon, immediately after.
=Withdraw.= Take back, recall, retire; draw back, remove; recede, depart.
ANT. _Offer, afford; produce; repeat, reiterate, confirm; renew; furnish, propose, give._
=Withhold.= Hold back, restrain, impede, hamper; retain, refuse; suppress, check, rein in, inhibit, stint, forbear; detain.
ANT. _Let go, give, bestow, confer; admit, yield; furnish, allow, provide, permit; encourage, embolden, cheer, hearten, animate._
=Within=, _a._ Inside, inwardly, internally, indoors, in the limits of.
ANT. _Without, outside, outwardly, externally, outdoors._
=Without=, _prep._ Out of, beyond, out of the limits of, in the absence of, in separation from; independently of; exclusive of, omitting.
ANT. _Within, inside of, in the limits of, including, embracing._
=Without=, _conj._ Unless, except.
=Withstand.= Oppose, resist, confront, thwart, combat, prevent, contradict.
ANT. _Concede, grant, assist, submit, acquiesce, abet, countenance, encourage, support._
=Witness=, _n._ Attestation, testimony, evidence, proof; one who attests or is directly cognizant of; eye-witness; deponent, corroborator; spectator, auditor, voucher.
ANT. _Belief, hearsay, rumor, report; invalidation, refutation._
=Witty.= Acute, sharp, smart, facetious, arch, keen, amusing, humorous, satirical, taunting, ironical.
ANT. _Dull, stupid, obtuse, dry, prosaic, prosy, tiresome, tedious, serious._
=Woe.= Grief, sorrow, misery, calamity; curse, malediction; disconsolateness, tribulation, melancholy, agony, depression, unhappiness.
ANT. _Joy, delight, pleasure, prosperity, enjoyment, bliss, felicity, welfare, cheerfulness, merriment._
=Woful.= Sorrowful, distressed, wretched, afflicted, unhappy, sad; paltry, poor, piteous, disconsolate, miserable, burdened, troubled.
ANT. _Joyous, light-hearted, cheerful, merry, rejoiced, glad, delighted, gay, blessed._
=Womanhood.= Muliebrity, maturity in woman, feminality; womanliness; woman, womankind.
ANT. _Manhood, manliness, masculinity; man, mankind._
=Womanish.= Effeminate, weak, foolishly feminine.
ANT. _Mannish, aping a man, foolishly masculine._
=Womanly.= Becoming a woman, feminine, delicate, refined.
ANT. _Manly, strong, virile, becoming a man._
=Wonder=, _n._ Astonishment, admiration, amazement, surprise, awe, bewilderment, curiosity; portent, miracle, prodigy, marvel; phenomenon, sight, rarity, spectacle.
ANT. _Expectation, anticipation; familiarity, apathy, indifference; foreknowledge, prescience; ennui; satiety; platitude, truism, commonplace._
=Wonderful.= Amazing, astonishing, marvelous, surprising, improbable, strange, incredulous; startling, awesome, portentous, extraordinary, prodigious, wondrous.
ANT. _Commonplace, familiar, expected, ordinary, wonted, hackneyed, customary, habitual._
=Wonted.= Accustomed, usual, habitual, customary, habituated, used, conventional, regular, frequent, common.
ANT. _Exceptional, unusual, unused, unconventional, infrequent, irregular._
=Wood.= Forest, grove, thicket; timber, trees; copse, woodland, forestland.
ANT. _Open, prairie, clearing._
=Word.= Term, expression, accents, tongue, vocable; account, tidings, message; statement, declaration, affirmation, promise; (_pl._) contention, dispute, wrangling, altercation; speech, talk, discourse, language.
ANT. _Idea, conception, suggestion; sentence, unit of composition, paragraph._
=Work=, _n._ Exertion, activity, effort, toil, employment, labor; business, duty; product, fabric, production, performance, manufacture; act, deed, service, result, effect, achievement, feat; composition, structure; management, treatment, operation, issue, fruit; occupation;
## action, drudgery.
ANT. _Frustration, abortion, hodge-podge; failure, deficiency, defect, fault; miscarriage; rest, inertia, fruitlessness, inoperativeness; inefficiency, futility; repose, relaxation, ease, vacation, idleness, leisure, recreation._
=Work=, _v._ Exert one’s self, labor, be engaged, toil; operate, act, perform; effect, affect, conduce, influence; strain; use, utilize; produce, accomplish; prevail upon, manage, lead; ferment.
ANT. _Rest, recreate, stop, repose, halt, relax, be at ease, lie, recline, sleep, slumber; fail, miscarry, be wanting, lapse._
=Workman.= Worker, artificer, laborer, artisan, mechanic, operative, craftsman; toiler, hand; master.
ANT. _Employer, superintendent, inspector, supervisor, director, overseer._
=Workmanship.= Handicraft, execution, skill, art, manipulation, handiwork.
ANT. _Bungling, botching._
=World.= Earth, universe, creation; affairs, interests, life, action, occupation; inhabitants, people, mankind; globe, cosmos, planet, nature; public, society, human race.
ANT. _Heaven; atom, individual._
=Worldly.= Human, common; secular, temporal; mundane, terrestrial, earthly; fleshly, carnal; universal; sublunary; sordid, selfish, ambitious, earthborn, groveling.
ANT. _Spiritual, ethereal, celestial, heavenly, lunar, solar; incorporeal, ghostly; ideal, abstract, mental, intellectual; sacred, holy, pure._
=Worry=, _n._ Care, anxiety, fret, solicitude, torment, vexation, trouble, annoyance, plague, disquiet; perplexity, concern, fear, apprehension, uneasiness, misgiving.
ANT. _Trust, calm, courage, serenity, tranquillity, placidity, quiet, ease of mind, resolution, dauntlessness._
=Worship=, _n._ Reverence, homage, adoration, submission, obsequiousness, honor, abjectness.
ANT. _Detestation, hatred, abhorrence, loathing, disgust, antipathy, assertion, defiance, challenge._
=Worship=, _v._ Adore, reverence, revere, idolize, respect, defer, venerate, deify, honor, exalt.
ANT. _Defy, dare; abhor, detest, hate, disdain, abominate, contemn, loathe._
=Worth.= Desert, merit, excellence; price, rate; value, quality, equivalence; virtue, character, worthiness, integrity; credit, cost, estimate.
ANT. _Demerit, worthlessness, cheapness, uselessness, futility, poverty._
=Worthless.= Undeserving, useless, valueless, vile, mean, miserable, poor, wretched, abject, unworthy, ignoble, abandoned, depraved; refuse, waste.
ANT. _Costly, valuable, dear, high-priced, expensive; sumptuous, splendid, rich, precious; useful, excellent, estimable, virtuous, worthy._
=Worthy.= Valuable, deserving, estimable, virtuous; suitable, adapted, meritorious, exemplary, upright, righteous, honest, honorable.
ANT. _Worthless, valueless, ignoble, defective, unsuitable._
=Wound=, _v._ Hurt, injure, damage, harm, cut, stab, rend, lacerate, pain; annoy, mortify, offend.
ANT. _Heal, allay, cure, remedy, soothe, repair; appease, assuage, comfort, harmonize._
=Wrap=, _v._ Wind, fold, cover, envelop, enfold, involve, conceal, hide, muffle.
ANT. _Unwind, unfold, lay bare, reveal, develop, expose._
=Wrath.= Fury, ire, resentment, passion, anger, rage, exasperation, indignation, choler, irritation.
ANT. _Calmness, control, restraint, composure, placidity, serenity._
=Wrathful.= Furious, raging, indignant, passionate, choleric, ireful, angry, exasperated, incensed, irate, wroth, mad, provoked, resentful.
ANT. _Calm, collected, controlled, repressed, masterly, restrained, good-tempered._
=Wreath.= Garland, chaplet, festoon, crown, bays, diadem.
=Wreck=, _n._ Ruins, remains, rubbish, wreckage, débris; havoc, destruction, shipwreck, ruin, desolation, perdition, demolition.
ANT. _Preservation, conservation, saving, protection, security._
=Wrench=, _v._ Pull, twist, wrest, force, strain, sprain; pervert, distort, wring.
ANT. _Straighten, untwist; rectify._
=Wretched.= Miserable, calamitous, afflicted, unhappy, degraded, woful; worthless, paltry; forlorn, wobegone, comfortless, distressed; shocking, deplorable, depressing, sad; contemptible, mean, pitiful, debased, humiliated.
ANT. _Prosperous, flourishing, fortunate, happy, enviable, felicitous, successful, thriving; valuable; honored, noble, exalted._
=Wrong=, _a._ Injurious, unjust, faulty, detrimental, unfit; improper, incorrect; mistaken, erroneous; illegal, immoral.
ANT. _Right, upright, lawful, equitable, fair, just, becoming, proper, suitable, appropriate, fit; correct, true, actual, real._
=Wrought.= Worked, elaborated; performed, done, effected, executed, produced, manufactured.
ANT. _Rough, crude, coarse, raw, unpolished._
=Wry.= Twisted, distorted; misdirected, perverted, wrested; askew, contorted, deformed, deranged; crooked, awry.
ANT. _Straight, rectilinear, direct, upright, erect; perpendicular, shapely, comely, symmetrical, proper, well-formed._
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=Yawn.= Open wide, gape; desire, be eager.
ANT. _Close, shut, engulf._
=Yearly.= Annual, happening each year, per annum, every year, year by year.
ANT. _Perennial, everlasting, evergreen._
=Yearn.= Long, desire, be eager, covet, crave, hanker.
ANT. _Loathe, revolt, recoil, shudder at, despise._
=Yell=, _v._ Cry out, shriek, scream, holler.
ANT. _Keep silence, subdue, silence._
=Yet.= Besides, nevertheless, notwithstanding, however, still, eventually, ultimately, at last, so far, thus far, hitherto, at present; over and above; further; now.
=Yield.= Furnish, produce, afford, bear, render; relinquish, give in, let go, forego; accede, acquiesce; resign, surrender, concede, allow, grant, submit, succumb; comply, consent, agree.
ANT. _Withdraw, withhold, retain, deny, refuse, vindicate, assert, claim, disallow, appropriate, resist, dissent, protest, struggle, strive._
=Yielding.= Conceding, producing, surrendering, supple, pliant, submissive, unresisting, obsequious, attentive, flexible, compliant, accommodating.
ANT. _Defiant, resisting, obstinate, firm, stiff, hard, perverse._
=Yoke=, _n._ Bond, chain, link, tie; servitude, bondage, vassalage, service, thraldom, subjection, subservience.
ANT. _Freedom, liberty; authority, command._
=Yoke=, _v._ Couple, conjoin, connect, link; enslave, subjugate.
ANT. _Dissever, divorce, disconnect, liberate, release, manumit, enfranchise._
=Young.= Juvenile, immature; inexperienced, innocent, ignorant; youthful, boyish, girlish, childlike.
ANT. _Old, mature, adult; experienced, knowing; senile, aged, decrepit, venerable; antique, antiquated, obsolete; superannuated._
=Youth.= Adolescence, childhood, infancy; youthfulness, juvenility; minority; lad, boy, girl, youngster.
ANT. _Age, senility, maturity._
=Youthful.= Puerile, juvenile, immature, young, fresh, vigorous, unripe, callow, childish, boyish, childlike, girlish, adolescent.
ANT. _Mature, adult, full-grown, ripe, ripened._
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=Zeal.= Ardor, eagerness, earnestness, fervor, enthusiasm, energy, feeling, devotion, intensity, passion, spirit.
ANT. _Apathy, indifference, coldness, carelessness, sluggishness, torpor._
=Zealot.= Partisan, bigot, enthusiast, fanatic, devotee, visionary, dreamer.
ANT. _Renegade, traitor, deserter; lukewarm person._
=Zealous.= Ardent, anxious, earnest, enthusiastic, fervid, eager, steadfast, keen, fervent, devoted, prompt, ready, fiery, passionate.
ANT. _Lukewarm, indifferent, cold, apathetic, passionless, phlegmatic._
=Zenith.= Height, pinnacle, acme, summit, culmination, maximum, apex, top.
ANT. _Nadir, lowest point, depth, minimum._
=Zephyr.= West wind, breeze, gentle wind.
ANT. _Gale, furious wind._
=Zero.= Naught, cipher, nothing.
ANT. _Something, existence, creation; infinity._
=Zest.= Flavor, appetizer, pleasure, gusto, gust, enjoyment, relish, sharpener, enhancement, savor, taste, smack, sauce, appetite.
ANT. _Distaste, disrelish, detriment._
=Zone.= Girdle, belt, girth, cincture, band, baldric; region, climate, clime; circuit, circumference; zodiac; orbit.
ANT. _Sphere, universe._
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained. 2. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 3. Enclosed bold font in =equals=.