Word Smart [Week 27]

Vacillate (VAS•uh•layt)

(v): To be indecisive; To waver

Vapid (VAP•id)

(adj): Without liveliness; Dull; Spiritless

Vehement (VEE•uh•munt)

(adj): Intense; Forceful; Violent

Venal (VEEN•ul)

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

Venerate (VEN•uh•rayt)

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

Veracity (vuh•RAS•uh•tee)

(n): Truthfulness

Verbose (vur•BOHS)

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

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

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

Vernacular (vur•NAK•yuh•lur)

(n): Everyday speech; Slang; Idiom

Vestige (VES•tij)

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

Vex (veks)

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

Viable (VYE•uh•bul)

(adj): Capable of living; Workable

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

Vicissitude (vi•SIS•uh•tood)

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

Vilify (VIL•uh•fye)

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

Vindicate (VIN•duh•kayt)

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

Vindictive (vin•DIK•tiv)

(adj): Seeking revenge

Virtuoso (vur•choo•WOH•soh)

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

Virulent (VIR•uh•lent)

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

Visionary (VIZH•uh•ner•ee)

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

Vitiate (VISH•ee•ayt)

(v): To make impure; To pollute

Vitriolic (vi•tree•AHL•ik)

(adj): Caustic; Full of bitterness

Vocation (voh•KAY•shun)

(n): An occupation; A job

Vociferous (voh•SIF•ur•us)

(adj): Loud; Noisy

Volatile (VAHL•uh•tul)

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

Volition (voh•LISH•un)

(n): Will; Conscious choice

Wanton (WAHN•tun)

(adj): Malicious; Unjustifiable; Unprovoked; Egregious

Willful (WIL•ful)

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

Wistful (WIST•ful)

(adj): Yearning; Sadly longing

Zealous (ZEL•us)

(adj): Enthusiastically devoted to something; Fervent