| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 639 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| waiter | noun | The waiter brought the food. | male server |
| waitress | noun | She was our waitress. | female server |
| wake | verb | We will wake her up soon. | rouse |
| noun | They followed in her wake. | trail | |
| waken | verb | We will waken them at dawn. | rouse |
| walk | noun | She went for a walk. | stroll |
| verb | He walks each evening. | strolls | |
| noun | The walk was in back of the hotel. | pathway | |
| wall | noun | The wall was around the house. | solid fence |
| verb | They walled up the house. | closed in | |
| wallet | noun | His money was in his wallet. | billfold |
| wander | verb | We wandered around town. | meandered |
| verb | We wandered from the path of good. | went astray | |