h, v. attest, corroborate, warrant.
voucher, n. attestator.
vow, n. pledge. Associated Words: votary, votive.
vowel, n. Associated Words: macron, breve, diaeresis.
vulgar, a. unrefined, plebeian, ignoble, low-born, coarse, inelegant,
ribald, risque, broad, gross. Antonyms: refined, dainty, pure, chaste.
vulgarity, n. unrefinement, dowdiness.
vulgar-looking, a. dowdy.
W
Wabble, v. stagger, vacillate, reel.
waddle, v. toddle, totter.
wade, v. ford.
wading birds. Grallatores, Grallae.
wading place. ford.
wage, v. stake, bet, wager.
wager, v. bet, stake, pledge, hazard, speculate.
wages, n. compensation, pay, earnings, hire, salary.
waggery, n. humor, facetiousness, pleasantry, drollery, jesting,
jocularity.
waggish, a. frolicsome, facetious, roguish, arch, sportive, prankish.
wagon, n. vehicle, wain; caravan, van.
wagon-maker, n. wainwright, wagonwright, wheelwright.
waif, n. estray, stray, wastrel.
waist, n. corsage, bodice; blouse, basque; girth (waist measure).
waistcoat, n. vest, doublet.
wait, v. tarry, stay, linger, await, abide; (Colloq.) delay,
postpone, defer, procrastinate.
wait, n. waiting, delay, halt, stop; ambush, ambuscade.
waiter, n. attendant, servitor, lackey, _garcon_ (Fr.); salver,
tray.
waiting, n. tarrying, lingering, delay; abeyance, suspension,
quiescence.
waiting-room, n. station, depot.
waive, v. relinquish, forego, surrender.
wake, v. awake, waken; arouse, rouse, revive.
wakeful, a. sleepless, insomnolent; vigilant, watchful.
wakefulness, n. sleeplessness, insomnia, insomnolence; vigilance,
watchfulness.
waken, v. awake, awaken, wake.
Wales, n. Cambria (Ancient name).
walk, n. stroll, promenade, constitutional; gait, step, carriage;
sidewalk, mall; ambulatory. Associated Words: ambulant, ambulatory,
ambulatorial, peripatetic pedometer, odograph, gradient, gravigrade,
stilts, shambling, shuffling, locomotion, alure.
walk, v. stroll, tramp, stride, plod, trudge, tread, ambulate, pace,
march, promenade, shamble, stalk, strut, step, bundle, toddle, daddle,
waddle, shuffle, gad, galavant, hike, saunter, foot it, slouch;
perambulate (walk through or about).
walker, n. pedestrian, ambulator, perambulator.
walking, n. ambulation, pedestrianism, strolling, perambulation.
walking papers. dismissal.
wall, n. foundation; partition; defense, breastwork, rampart,
battlement, bulwark, parapet, fortification. A
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