Word Book W-1 (1/4)
wages - weather →
wages [money received for work done]
wait [(1) to delay acting; (2) to postpone]
Wait for me. (1)
walk [to move by putting one foot in front of the other]
She walks two miles every day.
* one mile = 1.6 kilometers
wall [(1) the side of a room or building formed by wood, stone or other material; (2) a structure sometimes used to separate areas of land]
He has many pictures on his wall. (1)
China built the Great Wall to protect against enemy invasions. (2)
want [(1) to desire; (2) to wish for; (3) to need]
He wants to see her more often. (1)
war [fighting between nations, or groups in a nation, using weapons]
warm [(1) almost hot; (2) having or feeling some heat]
warn [(1) to tell of possible danger; (2) to advise or inform about something bad that may happen]
A weather radio warns of dangerous storms. (1)
The President warned that the country may be entering an economic recession. (2)
wash [to make clean, usually with water]
waste [(1) to spend or use without need or care; (2) to make bad use of; (3) a spending of money, time or effort with no value gained or returned; (4) something thrown away as having no value; (5) the liquid and solid substances that result from body processes and are passed out of the body]
Do not waste your money by buying video games. (1)
He wasted his life by using drugs and alcohol. (2)
Watching television is a waste of time. (3)
Chemical wastes pollute our water supplies. (4)
How do astronauts deal with the problem of wastes from their bodies? (5)
watch [(1) to look at; (2) to observe closely; (3) to look and wait for]
Did you watch the football game on television? (1)
water [the liquid that falls from the sky as rain or is found in lakes, rivers and oceans]
wave [(1) to move or cause to move one way and the other, as a flag in the wind; (2) to signal by moving the hand one way and the other; (3) a large mass of water that forms and moves on the surface of a lake or ocean]
The flag is waving in the wind. (1)
She waved at me. (2)
way [(1) a path on land or sea or in the air; (2) how something is done; (3) method]
This trail is the way to our camp. (1)
we [two or more people, including the speaker or writer]
weak [(1) having little power; (2) easily broken, damaged or destroyed; (3) opposite strong]
We are worried about crossing the weak bridge. (2)
You need a strong rope, not a weak one, to tie the boat to the tree. (3)
wealth [a large amount of possessions, money or other things of value]
weapon [anything used to cause injury or to kill during an attack, fight or war]
wear [to have on the body, as clothes]
weather [the condition of the atmosphere resulting from sun, wind, rain, heat or cold]
