vacuous: a. empty; showing lack of thought or intelligence; vacant | vagrant: n. person without home or job; bird found outside its species' usual range |
valedictory: a. of speech given in farewell, especially one delivered by an outstanding member of graduating class | vanguard: n. advance forces; leading units at front of army or fleet; persons at forefront of any group or movement |
variegated: a. streaked, spotted, or marked with a variety of color; very colorful | venal: a. capable of being bribed; for sale, available for a price; corrupt |
vend: v. sell or offer for sale from place to place; sell | venerate: v. treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of |
venial: a. pardonable; able to be forgiven; trivial | venturesome: a. willing to try new things and take risks; bold |
verbalize: v. express in speech; speak or use words to express | verbiage: n. pompous array of words; overabundance of words |
verbose: a. wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words | verisimilitude: n. the property of appearing to be true or real |
verity: n. truth, fact or reality, especially enduring religious or ethical truth | vertebrate: n. animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column |
vertex: n. highest point; apex or summit; common point of two lines of angle | vicissitude: n. change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation |
vigilant: a. attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful | vignette: n. unbordered picture, often a portrait; decorative design placed at beginning or end of book or chapter; short literary sketch |
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