Letter ‘W’

High Frequency GRE Words

1.    Wane (v) – To diminish in size and brilliancy
2.    Wantonness (n) – Recklessness
3.    Weal (n)-Well-being
4.    Wee (adj.) – Very small
5.    Whet (v) – To make more keen or eager
6.    Winsome (adj.) – Attractive
7.    Wrangle (v) – To maintain by noisy argument or dispute

A collection of some tough GRE words

1.    Winsome – attractive
2.    Wan – tired, pale
3.    Wanton – harmful, damaging; wasteful
4.    Warble – sing pleasantly
5.    Weary – very tired
6.    Whammy – unpleasant, difficult situation
7.    Wheezy – unable to breathe
8.    Whimsical- unusual, playful, unpredictable
9.    Wistful – rather sad
10.    Withered – thin and old
11.    Wry – twisted, dry and mocking
12.    Waspish – critical and sharp
13.    Withering – very critical, insulting
14.    Whet-increased, sharpen
15.    Waft – move gently
16.    Waif- thin
17.    Warren – an area of narrow streets
18.    Wary-cautious
19.    Willowy-tall, thin, graceful
20.    Wily-clever, tricky
21.    Wiry – thin but strong
22.    Wispy-thin, faint
23.    Wobbly- weak
24.    Writhe – twist, turn

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2 Responses to “W – High Frequency GRE Words”

1. NAVEDANJUM on April 15th, 2010 1:11 pm

   Hi dear,
   It’s a suggestion, if the part of speech is mentioned for every word then it would be easy to form a chain of words and use them in a paragraph.

2. shipra on May 5th, 2010 6:03 am

   hii navedanjum

   Thanks ,we will give it a serious thought .share with us if u hav any other tactics.meanwhlile u can aslo put it in our forum section and let see what others say about this.

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