some words

1. Wangle - finagle; achieve something by means of trickery or devious method
2. Wean - to stop nursing milk to baby
3. Welt - mark from the beating
4. Welter - a large and confusing amount of something "a welter of information"
5. Whiff - puff or gust of air, scent
6. Whinny - neigh like a horse
7. Whittle - to cut small bits of wood/clothes to create design
8. Whorl - ring of leaves around stem
9. Wily - cunning or artful
10. Wince - shrink back, flinch
11. Bullion - a mass of precious metal
12. Pantry - a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
13. Prosthesis - an artificial part of the body
14. Protracted - relatively long in duration
15. Hourglass - a sandglass than runs for sixty minutes
16. Francophone - someone who speaks French, especially as their first language
17. Precarious - not secure; beset with difficulties
18. Leech - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terristrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
19. Stalk - walk
20. Traverse - travel across or pass over
21. Citadel - a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during battle "bastion"
22. Hallmark - distinctive characterstic or attitude trademark, a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origi and authenticity
23. Booty - goods or money obtained illegally
24. Syncretism - the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief, especially in religion or philosophy
25. Numismatics - the collection and study of money, especially coins
26. Foray - a sudden short attack
27. Foothold - an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
28. Intrigue - a crafty and involved plot to achieve sinister end
29. Mutiny - open rebellion against constituted authority
30. Affront - a deliberately offensive act or sth producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
31. Stupendous - so great in size, for extent as to elicit awe