Dictionary Vocabulary Words December 2025 List #11

Tryst

(n.) a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers); a date, usually with a love interest

Ubiquitous

(adj.) being present everywhere at once

Unrequited

(adj.) not returned in kind (unanswered, unreciprocated)

Untenable

(adj.) (of theories, etc.) incapable of being defended or justified

Verbose

(adj.) using or containing too many words

Vicarious

(adj.) experienced at secondhand

(adj.) suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another

(adj.) occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function

Vile

(adj.) morally reprehensible; exceptionally bad or displeasing

(adj.) causing or able to cause nausea

Waft

(v.) be driven or carried along, as by the air

(v.) blow gently

(n.) a long flag; often tapering (pennant)

Zealous

(adj.) marked by active interest and enthusiasm (avid)

Zeitgeist

(n.) the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation