W Flashcards
(115 cards)
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walk
A
saunter
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wander
A
meander
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warm weather
A
balmy weather
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warn
A
presage
raise the specter of
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Q
was because of
A
it came of
was due in large part to
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was for (was for two weeks)
A
provided for
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was not afraid
A
felt little trepidation
8
Q
was proof of
A
attested
9
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waste
A
squander
10
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waste away
A
astrophy
11
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wastefully extravagant
A
profligate
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watch
A
survey
13
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wave
A
a swell
an undulation
14
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way
A
a manner
means whereby
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way of doing something
A
it was her practice to
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way of seeing things
A
perspective
proclivity
17
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weak
A
tenuous
inert
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weakened
A
compromised
enfeebled
debilitated
abated
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Q
weakness
A
shortcomings
deficiency
infirmity
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wealthy
A
of considerable means
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well
A
suitably
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well known
A
widely circulated
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well qualified
A
well credentialed
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well timed
A
opportune
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went around it
circumvented
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went away
dispersed
27
went wrong
have gone seriously awry
28
we're talking about
the one in question
29
what am i supposed to do?
what would you have me do?
30
what do you care?
what is that to you?
31
what does it have to do with
of what consequence is it
32
what frustrates me most is
the thing that gives me most frustration is
33
what happened to
what became of
34
what I mean is
what I mean to say is
35
what I said
my mention of
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what would you like me to
what would you have me
37
whatever you want
do what you will
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when he had no examples
in default of examples
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when I heard that
on hearing that
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when used
when applied
41
when you get a chance
at your earliest convenience
42
whenever he wanted to
with impunity
43
where she was
her whereabouts
44
where you don't belong
out of your element
45
whether he meant to or not
deliberately or otherwise
46
whether it's true or false
be it true or false
47
which
from which
| to which he had been
48
which are not
none of which are
49
which is what we did
all of which we did
50
which would mean
in which case
51
while on the contrary
whereas
52
whim
a velleity
53
whine
lament
54
whining speech
diatribe
55
who
for whom
56
who is a
who serves as
57
whoever
whosoever
58
why?
to what purpose?
59
wide-ranging
eclectic
60
widespread
pervasive
| systemic
61
will (I will)
intend
62
will (my will)
volition
63
will be enough
will suffice
64
will continue
will persist
65
willing
inclined to
| disposed to
66
willingness
alacrity
67
willpower
resolve
68
win
prevail
69
winding
sinuous
| serpentine
70
wipe it out
eradicate
71
wise
prudent
| astute
72
wise person
a sage
73
with feeling
poignant
74
with that goal in mind
to that end
75
with the help of
by means of
| under the auspices of
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with the words
emblazoned with the words
77
with your permission (humorous)
by your leave
78
withdrew
disengage
79
without
sans ___
80
without a problem
without issue
81
without effort or thought
perfunctory
82
without even thinking about it
in a perfunctory manner
83
without making them suspicious
without arousing suspicion
84
without penalty
with impunity
85
without resentment
ungrudging
86
without sounding
without casting yourself as
87
witty remark
retort
| repartee
88
witty saying
witticism
| aphorism
89
woman-hating
misogynistic
90
wondered
mused
91
worded as
couched in the rhetoric of
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wordy
garrulous
loquacious
turgid
93
work of art
a confection
94
work to
toil
95
work together
collaborate
96
workers
rank and file
97
working with
in concert with
98
works against
undermines the credibility of
99
worldly
temporal
100
worm your way in
ingratiate yourself
101
worn out
haggard
102
worry
angst
| apprehension
103
worship
deify
104
would not
he declined to
105
wrapped in
swathed in
106
write
commit something to paper
107
writings
prose
inscriptions
narrative
108
wrong (immoral)
unconscionable
109
wrong (incorrect)
that's faulty reasoning
110
wrong (misguided)
is aberrant
111
wrong (something's wrong)
is askew
112
wrong name for something
misnomer
113
wrong opinion
misconception
114
wrongdoing
malfeasance
115
wronged (the wronged)
the aggrieved
