Adjectives Beginning with the Letters W, X, Y, or Z

Find and circle the words in the word search puzzle below, that run diagonally and horizontally throughout the grid. The search words are English language adjectives that begin with either one of the letters "w, x, y, or z". To read definitions of the less common words used in the puzzle, scroll below the grid.

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Below are simple definitions to five of the "w, x, y, and z" English language adjectives used in the puzzle above:

• wanton 1. Lacking reason or provocation. Similar words: gratuitous, meaningless, motiveless, reckless, unjustifiable, uncalled-for. 2. Done out of a desire to cause harm. 3. Unrestrained; characterized by greed and extravagance; spent wastefully. Synonyms: excessive, extravagant, heedless, unreasonable. 4. Lacking discipline.
• winsome Charming, especially in a child-like or with a naive, innocent quality. Similar words: charming, fetching, pleasant, sweet, winning. [Derived from the Old English word wyn "joy".]
• wonky 1. Not to be relied on to function correctly. 2. Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect. Similar words: insecure, unreliable, unsteady.
• xenophobic Having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign, especially in a chauvinistic and intolerant way. [Derives from xenophobia: an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers, their customs and traditions. [Xenophobia derives from the Greek word for "stranger", xenos.
• yuppie Conservative and traditional; well-groomed and tailored. [Derived from young urban professional, after hippie and yippie.

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