Initial V

  • vacancy: absence; emptiness
  • vacant: void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
  • vacation: leisure time away from work; act of making something legally void
  • vaccinate: perform or produce immunity
  • vacuum: empty area or space; electrical home appliance that cleans by suction vague: imprecise; indistinct; not clearly expressed; inexplicit
  • vain: having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying valid: logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable; well-grounded
  • validity: quality of having legal force or effectiveness
  • valley: space between ranges of mountains; area drained or irrigated by a river system; internal angle formed by intersection
  • valve: device or structure for controlling the flow of a fluid
  • vanish: disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
  • vanity: quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
  • vapor: gas; steam; barely visible or cloudy diffused matter, such as mist or smoke
  • variable: factor; something that is likely to vary; changeable; inconstant
  • variance: an event that departs from expectations; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
  • variant: varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
  • variation: act of changing or altering
  • varied: differed; diversified; various
  • variety: diversity; quality or condition of being various or varied
  • various: different; diverse; several; manifold; changeable; uncertain
  • varnish: deceptively attractive external appearance; paint to coat a surface with a hard, glossy, transparent film
  • vary: change aspect of; alter in form, appearance, substance, position; make different by a partial change; modify
  • vast: large; broad; extensive; very great in size, number, amount, or quantity vault: arched brick or stone ceiling or roof; burial chamber usually underground vegetable: any of numerous herbaceous plants to eat in meal
  • vehicle: automobile; means of conveying; medium
  • veil: a length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face; cover; hide vein: blood vessel that carries blood
  • velocity: rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
  • vengeance: punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution ventilate: freshen; circulate through and freshen
  • ventilation: act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
  • venture: put at risk; adventure
  • verbal: expressed in spoken rather than written words; consisting of words alone without action verge: extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary verify: confirm; prove the truth of by presentation of evidence or testimony
  • versatile: having many talents; capable of working in many fields
  • verse: a piece of poetry
  • version: written work in a new form; edition; interpretation of a particular viewpoint vertical: upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
  • vessel: craft; ship; container for liquids
  • veteran: someone who has given long service
  • veto: rejection; vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against
  • vex: annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to via: by the way of
  • vibrate: shake, quiver; move or swing from side to side regularly vibration: act of vibrating; a shaky motion
  • vice: moral fault or failing; evil, degrading, or immoral practice or habit; physical defect or weakness vicinity: state of being near in space or relationship; proximity
  • vicious: by vice or defects; defective; imperfect; having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved
  • victorious: successful; being the winner in a contest or struggle
  • victory: successful ending of struggle or contest; defeat of an enemy or opponent
  • vigor: active strength of body or mind; imaginative lively style, especially style of writing; exertion of force
  • vigorous: robust; strong; energetic, and active in mind or body
  • vine: weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing
  • violate: treat in a violent manner; abuse; do violence to; disturb; interrupt
  • violence: physical force exerted for the purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing
  • violent: turbulent; intensely vivid or loud; by violence or bloodshed
  • violin: small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle
  • virtual: existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
  • virtually: almost completely; practically; essentially
  • virtue: goodness, moral excellence; good quality
  • virus: disease communicator; something that poisons one’s soul or mind; program for unwanted actions in computer
  • viscous: sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
  • visible: being often in public eye; obvious to the eye
  • vision: ability to see; sight; vivid mental image
  • visual: seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
  • vital: full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
  • vivid: bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
  • vocation: career; profession
  • vogue: popular fashion; current state or style of general acceptance and use
  • void: emptiness; containing nothing; clear or empty a place
  • volcano: fissure in the earth’s crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
  • volley: flight of missiles; round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
  • voltage: difference in electrical charge between two points
  • volume: capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
  • voluntary: done or undertaken of one’s own free will; unforced
  • volunteer: person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily
  • vote: formal expression of preference for a candidate; number of cast in election; result of election or referendum
  • voter: a citizen who has a legal right to vote
  • voucher: a piece of substantiating evidence; proof; written authorization or certificate
  • vow: solemn promise made to God; promise of fidelity; pledge of love or affection
  • vowel: speech sound made with the vocal tract open
  • voyage: long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea; aviation
  • vulgar: common; low; coarse; belonging or relating to the common people, as distinguished from the cultivated or educated; lacking cultivation or refinement
  • vulnerable: susceptible to wounds; capable of being wounded or hurt

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