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vacate: v. To leave.
vaccinate: v. To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox.
vacillate: v. To waver.
vacuous: adj. Empty.
vacuum: n. A space entirely devoid of matter.
vagabond: n. A wanderer.
vagrant: n. An idle wanderer.
vainglory: n. Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
vale: n. Level or low land between hills.
valediction: n. A bidding farewell.
valedictorian: n. Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution.
valedictory: n. A parting address.
valid: adj. Founded on truth.
valorous: adj. Courageous.
vapid: adj. Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.
vaporizer: n. An atomizer.
variable: adj. Having a tendency to change.
variance: n. Change.
variant: n. A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance.
variation: n. Modification.
variegate: v. To mark with different shades or colors.
vassal: n. A slave or bondman.
vaudeville: n. A variety show.
vegetal: adj. Of or pertaining to plants.
vegetarian: n. One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable.
vegetate: v. To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties.
vegetation: n. Plant-life in the aggregate.
vegetative: adj. Pertaining to the process of plant-life.
vehement: adj. Very eager or urgent.
velocity: n. Rapid motion.
velvety: adj. Marked by lightness and softness.
venal: adj. Mercenary, corrupt.
vendible: adj. Marketable.
vendition: n. The act of selling.
vendor: n. A seller.
veneer: n. Outside show or elegance.
venerable: adj. Meriting or commanding high esteem.
venerate: v. To cherish reverentially.
venereal: adj. Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.
venial: adj. That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.
venison: n. The flesh of deer.
venom: n. The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete.
venous: adj. Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins.
veracious: adj. Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
veracity: n. Truthfulness.
verbatim: adv. Word for word.
verbiage: n. Use of many words without necessity.
verbose: adj. Wordy.
verdant: adj. Green with vegetation.
verification: n. The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.
verify: v. To prove to be true, exact, or accurate.
verily: adv. In truth.
verity: n. Truth.
vermin: n. A noxious or troublesome animal.
vernacular: n. The language of one's country.
vernal: adj. Belonging to or suggestive of the spring.
versatile: adj. Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.
version: n. A description or report of something as modified by one's character or opinion.
vertex: n. Apex.
vertical: adj. Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon.
vertigo: n. Dizziness.
vestige: n. A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.
vestment: n. Clothing or covering.
veto: n. The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.
vicarious: adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.
viceroy: n. A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.
vicissitude: n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.
vie: v. To contend.
vigilance: n. Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.
vigilant: adj. Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.
vignette: n. A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.
vincible: adj. Conquerable.
vindicate: v. To prove true, right, or real.
vindicatory: adj. Punitive.
vindicative: adj. Revengeful.
vinery: n. A greenhouse for grapes.
viol: n. A stringed instrument of the violin class.
viola: n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.
violator: n. One who transgresses.
violation: n. Infringement.
violoncello: n. A stringed instrument held between the player's knees.
virago: n. A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.
virile: adj. Masculine.
virtu: n. Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.
virtual: adj. Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.
virtuoso: n. A master in the technique of some particular fine art.
virulence: n. Extreme poisonousness.
virulent: adj. Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.
visage: n. The face, countenance, or look of a person.
viscount: n. In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage.
vista: n. A view or prospect.
visual: adj. Perceptible by sight.
visualize: v. To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.
vitality: n. The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance.
vitalize: v. To endow with life or energy.
vitiate: v. To contaminate.
vituperable: adj. Deserving of censure.
vivacity: n. Liveliness.
vivify: v. To endue with life.
vivisection: n. The dissection of a living animal.
vocable: n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.
vocative: adj. Of or pertaining to the act of calling.
vociferance: n. The quality of making a clamor.
vociferate: v. To utter with a loud and vehement voice.
vociferous: adj. Making a loud outcry.
vogue: n. The prevalent way or fashion.
volant: adj. Flying or able to fly.
volatile: adj. Changeable.
volition: n. An act or exercise of will.
volitive: adj. Exercising the will.
voluble: adj. Having great fluency in speaking.
voluptuous: adj. having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.
voracious: adj. Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.
vortex: n. A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.
votary: adj. Consecrated by a vow or promise.
votive: adj. Dedicated by a vow.
vulgarity: n. Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.
vulnerable: adj. Capable of receiving injuries.

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