Serial |
Word |
Meaning |
1 |
vacate v. |
To leave |
2 |
vaccinate v. |
To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox |
3 |
vacillate v. |
To waver |
4 |
vacuous adj. |
Empty |
5 |
vacuum n. |
A space entirely devoid of matter |
6 |
vagabond n. |
A wanderer |
7 |
vagrant n. |
An idle wanderer |
8 |
vainglory n. |
Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity |
9 |
vale n. |
Level or low land between hills |
10 |
valediction n. |
A bidding farewell |
11 |
valedictorian n. |
Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution |
12 |
valedictory n. |
A parting address |
13 |
valid adj. |
Founded on truth |
14 |
valorous adj. |
Courageous |
15 |
vapid adj. |
Having lost sparkling quality and flavor |
16 |
vaporizer n. |
An atomizer |
17 |
variable adj. |
Having a tendency to change |
18 |
variance n. |
Change |
19 |
variant n. |
A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance |
20 |
variation n. |
Modification |
21 |
variegate v. |
To mark with different shades or colors |
22 |
vassal n. |
A slave or bondman |
23 |
vaudeville n. |
A variety show |
24 |
vegetal adj. |
Of or pertaining to plants |
25 |
vegetarian n. |
One who believes in the theory that man’s food should be exclusively vegetable |
26 |
vegetate v. |
To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties |
27 |
vegetation n. |
Plant-life in the aggregate |
28 |
vegetative adj. |
Pertaining to the process of plant-life |
29 |
vehement adj. |
Very eager or urgent |
30 |
velocity n. |
Rapid motion |
31 |
velvety adj. |
Marked by lightness and softness |
32 |
venal adj. |
Mercenary, corrupt |
33 |
vendible adj. |
Marketable |
34 |
vendition n. |
The act of selling |
35 |
vendor n. |
A seller |
36 |
veneer n. |
Outside show or elegance |
37 |
venerable adj. |
Meriting or commanding high esteem |
38 |
venerate v. |
To cherish reverentially |
39 |
venereal adj. |
Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse |
40 |
venial adj. |
That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin |
41 |
venison n. |
The flesh of deer |
42 |
venom n. |
The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete |
43 |
venous adj. |
Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins |
44 |
veracious adj. |
Habitually disposed to speak the truth |
45 |
veracity n. |
Truthfulness |
46 |
verbatim adv. |
Word for word |
47 |
verbiage n. |
Use of many words without necessity |
48 |
verbose adj. |
Wordy |
49 |
verdant adj. |
Green with vegetation |
50 |
verification n. |
The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate |
51 |
verify v. |
To prove to be true, exact, or accurate |
52 |
verily adv. |
In truth |
53 |
verity n. |
Truth |
54 |
vermin n. |
A noxious or troublesome animal |
55 |
vernacular n. |
The language of one’s country |
56 |
vernal adj. |
Belonging to or suggestive of the spring |
57 |
versatile adj. |
Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects |
58 |
version n. |
A description or report of something as modified by one’s character or opinion |
59 |
vertex n. |
Apex |
60 |
vertical adj. |
Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon |
61 |
vertigo n. |
Dizziness |
62 |
vestige n. |
A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone |
63 |
vestment n. |
Clothing or covering |
64 |
veto n. |
The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment |
65 |
vicarious adj. |
Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another |
66 |
viceroy n. |
A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province |
67 |
vicissitude n. |
A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune |
68 |
vie v. |
To contend |
69 |
vigilance n. |
Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger |
70 |
vigilant adj. |
Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety |
71 |
vignette n. |
A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually |
72 |
vincible adj. |
Conquerable |
73 |
vindicate v. |
To prove true, right, or real |
74 |
vindicatory adj. |
Punitive |
75 |
vindicative adj. |
Revengeful |
76 |
vinery n. |
A greenhouse for grapes |
77 |
viol n. |
A stringed instrument of the violin class |
78 |
viola n. |
A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin |
79 |
violator n. |
One who transgresses |
80 |
violation n. |
Infringement |
81 |
violoncello n. |
A stringed instrument held between the player’s knees |
82 |
virago n. |
A bold, impudent, turbulent woman |
83 |
virile adj. |
Masculine |
84 |
virtu n. |
Rare, curious, or beautiful quality |
85 |
virtual adj. |
Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance |
86 |
virtuoso n. |
A master in the technique of some particular fine art |
87 |
virulence n. |
Extreme poisonousness |
88 |
virulent adj. |
Exceedingly noxious or deleterious |
89 |
visage n. |
The face, countenance, or look of a person |
90 |
viscount n. |
In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage |
91 |
vista n. |
A view or prospect |
92 |
visual adj. |
Perceptible by sight |
93 |
visualize v. |
To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation |
94 |
vitality n. |
The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance |
95 |
vitalize v. |
To endow with life or energy |
96 |
vitiate v. |
To contaminate |
97 |
vituperable adj. |
Deserving of censure |
98 |
vivacity n. |
Liveliness |
99 |
vivify v. |
To endue with life |
100 |
vivisection n. |
The dissection of a living animal |
101 |
vocable n. |
a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound |
102 |
vocative adj. |
Of or pertaining to the act of calling |
103 |
vociferance n. |
The quality of making a clamor |
104 |
vociferate v. |
To utter with a loud and vehement voice |
105 |
vociferous adj. |
Making a loud outcry |
106 |
vogue n. |
The prevalent way or fashion |
107 |
volant adj. |
Flying or able to fly |
108 |
volatile adj. |
Changeable |
109 |
volition n. |
An act or exercise of will |
110 |
volitive adj. |
Exercising the will |
111 |
voluble adj. |
Having great fluency in speaking |
112 |
voluptuous adj. |
having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality |
113 |
voracious adj. |
Eating with greediness or in very large quantities |
114 |
vortex n. |
A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center |
115 |
votary adj. |
Consecrated by a vow or promise |
116 |
votive adj. |
Dedicated by a vow |
117 |
vulgarity n. |
Lack of refinement in conduct or speech |
118 |
vulnerable adj. |
Capable of receiving injuries |