Vested interests (مفادات) are groups or individuals 'expected to benefit from' (کسی چیز سے فائدہ اٹھانے کی توقع) a particular system or policy, and who therefore resist change.

Verve (جوش) means 'great vitality' (زبردست توانائی), energy, and enthusiasm, especially in artistic performance.

Xerography (زیروگرافی) is a dry copying 'process similar to photography' (فوٹو گرافی جیسا عمل) (like a photocopier) where ink is attracted to electrically charged areas.

Xenophobic (غیر ملکیوں سے خوفزدہ) describes a person 'fearful of strangers' (اجنبیوں سے ڈرنے والا) or foreigners. 'Xeno' means stranger, 'phobic' means fearful.

A word processor (ورڈ پروسیسر) is a device or software program for storing, manipulating, and formatting text; an 'electronic text editor' (الیکٹرانک ٹیکسٹ ایڈیٹر).

A whim (لہر) is a 'sudden notion' (اچانک خیال) or desire, especially one that is unusual or unexplained.

To wend (جانا) (as in 'wend one's way') is an archaic verb meaning 'to go' (جانا) in a specified direction, usually slowly.

A warrant (وارنٹ) is a 'written authorization' (تحریری اجازت) or document issued by a legal official authorizing police to make an arrest or search premises.

To warp (ٹیڑھا ہونا) means to bend or twist out of shape. As a noun, it is a 'distortion' (بگاڑ) or twist.

Wan (زرد) means 'pale' (پیلا) and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion.