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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 322 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| wave | noun | She gave a wave to the crowd. | hand motion |
| verb | He waved to his wife. | signaled | |
| waver | verb | We'll never waver in our determination. | falter |
| verb | He always wavered in his decisions. | vacillated | |
| wax | noun | She put wax on the floor. | polish |
| verb | Discontent waxed among the people. | grew | |
| way | noun | This is the way to his house. | route |
| noun | Which way will you go? | direction | |
| noun | It is his way of doing things. | manner | |
| noun | I want to know the best way to do it. | method | |
| we | pron. | We will be there on Monday. | myself and others |
| weak | adj. | The coffee was weak. | diluted |
| adj. | He was a weak leader. | indecisive | |
| adj. | She was an old, weak woman. | feeble | |
| adj. | The chair was old and weak. | rickety | |
| weakness | noun | He mistook kindness for weakness. | feebleness |
| noun | She had a weakness for candy. | fondness | |
| wealth | noun | He had amassed great wealth. | riches |
| noun | This state has a wealth of farm crops. | abundance | |
| wealthy | adj. | She is a wealthy woman. | rich |
| weapon | noun | He had a gun for a weapon. | protection |
| wear | verb | What will you wear to the dance? | put on clothes |
| verb | The tires will wear badly on this road. | deteriorate | |
| weary | adj. | We were weary from our trip. | tired |
| adj. | They were weary of his long speech. | bored | |
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