1.wield v.支配，掌：握(to have at one's command or disposal)
记：和yield(V．生产；屈服)一起记
例：The power that the skilled machinists wielded in the industry was intolerable to management.
2.wig n．假发(a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head);v.激动．发狂(to go crazy)
记：是periwig的简写。
注意：wag(n.幽默的人)
3.wilderness n．荒地(a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings)；茫茫一片(a confusing multitude or mass)
词根记忆：wild（荒野）+er+ness--荒地；茫茫一片
例：Many people in Boravia are committed to preserving the country's wilderness areas.
同根词：wilder(v．迷失)
4.withdraw v.收回(to take back, retract)；退出(to remove oneself from participation)
例：The land has been formally withdraw from federal public lands.//The proposal would enable a prospective nominee to withdraw from competition.
5.withdrawal n.撤退(an operation by which a military force disengages from the enemy)；提款（removal from a place of deposit or investment）；取消(the act of taking back or away sth. that has been granted or possessed)
词根记忆：with(向后)+draw(拉)+al--往后拉--撤退
例：Withdrawals from these accounts prior to age sixty-five would result in the investor's having to pay taxes on all the accumulated interest at the time of withdrawal.
同根词：withhold(V.阻挡)：withstand(V.抵抗，反抗)
6.withstand V.经受住(to resist or endure successfully)；抵挡，反抗(to resist, to oppose)
例：In order to withstand tidal currents, juvenile horseshoe crabs frequently burrow in the sand.//Our army was strong enough to withstand the attack.
7.womb n.子宫；孕育处(uterus (in women and other female mammals)，the organ in which offspring is carried and nourished while it develops before birth)
联想记忆：wom(看作women)+b（看作box）--女人的盒子--子宫
例：Babies emerge from the darkness of the womb.
8.woven n．织物(a woven fabric)
词根记忆：来自weave(v.编织)
例：Quantities of woven mantles, loincloths, blouses, and skirts were paid as tribute to local lords and to imperial tax stewards.
9.wrap v.包，裹(to cover especially by winding or folding)
联想记忆：w+rap(说唱)--说唱，绕舌--包，裹
例：The figure shows the dimensions of a rectangular box that is completely wrapped with paper.