Word Smart [Week 27]

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Vacillate (VAS•uh•layt)

(v): To be indecisive; To waver

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Vapid (VAP•id)

(adj): Without liveliness; Dull; Spiritless

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Vehement (VEE•uh•munt)

(adj): Intense; Forceful; Violent

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Venal (VEEN•ul)

(adj): Capable of being bribed; Willing to do anything for money; Corrupt

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Venerate (VEN•uh•rayt)

(v): To revere; To treat as something holy, especially because of great age

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Veracity (vuh•RAS•uh•tee)

(n): Truthfulness

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Verbose (vur•BOHS)

(adj): Using too many words; Not succinct; Circumlocutory

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Verisimilitude (ver•uh•si•MIL•uh•tood)

(n): Similarity to reality; The appearance of truth; Looking like the real thing

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Vernacular (vur•NAK•yuh•lur)

(n): Everyday speech; Slang; Idiom

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Vestige (VES•tij)

(n): A remaining bit of something; A last trace

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Vex (veks)

(v): To annoy; To pester; To confuse

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Viable (VYE•uh•bul)

(adj): Capable of living; Workable

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Vicarious (vye•KAR•ee•us)

(adj): Experienced, performed, or suffered through someone else; Living through the experiences of another as though they were one’s own experiences

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Vicissitude (vi•SIS•uh•tood)

(n): Upheaval; Natural change; Change in fortune

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Vilify (VIL•uh•fye)

(v): To say vile things about; To defame

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Vindicate (VIN•duh•kayt)

(v): To clear from all blame or suspicion; To justify

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Vindictive (vin•DIK•tiv)

(adj): Seeking revenge

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Virtuoso (vur•choo•WOH•soh)

(n): A masterful musician; A masterful practitioner in some other field

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Virulent (VIR•uh•lent)

(adj): Extremely poisonous; Malignant; Full of hate

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Visionary (VIZH•uh•ner•ee)

(n): A dreamer; Someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future

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Vitiate (VISH•ee•ayt)

(v): To make impure; To pollute

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Vitriolic (vi•tree•AHL•ik)

(adj): Caustic; Full of bitterness

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Vocation (voh•KAY•shun)

(n): An occupation; A job

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Vociferous (voh•SIF•ur•us)

(adj): Loud; Noisy

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Volatile (VAHL•uh•tul)

(adj): Quick to evaporate; Highly unstable; Explosive

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Volition (voh•LISH•un)

(n): Will; Conscious choice

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Wanton (WAHN•tun)

(adj): Malicious; Unjustifiable; Unprovoked; Egregious

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Willful (WIL•ful)

(adj): Deliberate; Obstinate; Insistent on having one’s way

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Wistful (WIST•ful)

(adj): Yearning; Sadly longing

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Zealous (ZEL•us)

(adj): Enthusiastically devoted to something; Fervent