GRE vocabulary w 2
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- voracious
- ravenous, starving. Wolf is a voracious animal, its hunger never satisfied.
- vortex
- whirlwind, whirlpoor; center of turbulence; predicament into which one ois inexorably plunged. Sucked into the vortex of the normado, Dorothy and Toto were carried from Kansas to Oz.
- vouchsafe
- grant condescendingly, guarantee. I can safely vouchsafe you fair return on your investment.
- voyeur
- Peeping tom, pervert. Jill called Jack a voyeur when she caught him aiming his binoculars at a bedroom window of the house next door.
- vulnerable
- susceptible to wounds.
- virulent
- extremely poisonous, hostile, bitter. Laid up with a virulent case of measles, Vera blamed her doctors because her recovery took so long. In fact, she bcame quite virulent on the subject of the quality of modern medical care.
- virus
- disease communicator.
- visage
- face, appearance. The stern visage of the judge sensations she had whenever she rode the roller coaster.
- visceral
- felt in one inner organs. She disliked the visceral sensations she had whenever she rode the roller coaster.
- viscid
- adhesive, gluely. The trunk of the maple tree was vicid with sap.
- vise
- tool for holding work in place. Before filing its edges, the keysmith took the blank key and fixed it firmly between the jaws of a vise.
- visionary
- produced by imagination, fanciful, mystical. She was given to visionary schemes that never materialized.
- vital
- vibrant, lively, critical, living, breathing. The vital, highly energetic first aid instructor stressed that it was vital in examining accident victims to note their vital signs.
- vitreous
- pertaining to or resembling glass. Although this plastic has many vitreous qualities such as transparency, it is unbreakable.
- vitriolic
- corrosive, sarcastic. Such vitriolic criticism is uncalled for.
- vituperative
- abusive, scolding. He bcame more vituperative as he realized that we were not going to grant him his wish.
- vivacious
- act of dissecting living animals. The society of the prevention of cruelty to animals opposed vivisection and deplored the practice os using animals in scientific experiments.
- vixen
- female fox, ill tempered woman. Aware that she was rght once again, he lost his temper and called her a shrew and a vixen.
- vociferous
- clamorous, noisy. The crowd grew vociferous in its anger and threatened to take the law into its own hands.
- vogue
- popular fashion. Jeans became the vogue on many college campuses.
- viable
- practical or workable, capable of maintaining life. The plan to build a new baseball stadium, though missing a few details, is viable and stands a good chance of winning popilar support.
- viand
- food. There was a variety of viands at the feast.
- vicarious
- acting as a stbstitute (me, Tanaka).
- vicissitude
- change of fortune. Humbled by life's vicissitudes, the last emperor of China worked as a lowly gardener in the palace over which he had once ruled.
- victuals
- food. I am very happy to be able to provide you with these victuals. I know you are hungry. (Me)
- vie
- contend, complete. Politicians vie with one another, competing for donations and votes.
- vigilant
- watchfully awake; alert to spot danger. From the battlement, the vigilant sentry kept his eyes open for any sign of enemy troops approaching.
- vigor
- active strength. eg. vigorous exercise.
- vignette
- picture, short literary sketch. The New YOrker published her latest vignette.
- vilify
- slander. Wagining a highly negative campaign, the candidate attempted to vilify his opponnt's reputation.