Day 30

Question 1

viable

Answer 1

Capable of living (or growing, developing, etc.);

practical, workable

Question 2

vicissitude

Answer 2

Changes or variations over time, esp. regular
changes from one thing to another

the vicissitudes of daily life

The chipmaker is more exposed to Apple’s vicissitudes than most.

Why else would people leave the warmth of home for the vicissitudes and expense of attending concerts?

Question 3

vim

Answer 3

Pep, enthusiasm, vitality, lively spirit

Most turn their attention to it only after finding their initial vim frustrated.

some food and a little rest should give me back some of my vim

Question 4

vintage

Answer 4

Related to items of high quality from a previous
era, old-fashioned, antique (adj); the wine of a
particular year (noun)

the designer’s bracelets and necklaces have the vintage look of jewelry from the 1920s

Question 5

virtual

Answer 5

Existing only in the mind or by means of a
computer network; existing in results or in
essence but not officially or in name

Question 6

virulent

Answer 6

Extremely infectious, poisonous, etc.; hateful,
bitterly hostile

This virulent contagion is spreading in the outdoor community.

the virulent look on her face warned me that she was about to say something unkind

Question 7

viscid or

viscous

Answer 7

Thick, adhesive, or covered in something sticky

Question 8

vitriol

Answer 8

Something highly caustic, such as bitter criticism or malice.
(literally, one of a number of chemicals
including sulfuric acid)

political commentators spewing angry vitriol

“her mother’s sudden gush of fury and vitriol”

Question 9

vociferous

Answer 9

Noisily crying out, as in protest :
: marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry

The decision was made over their vociferous objections.

Question 10

volatile

Answer 10

Varying, inconstant, fleeting; tending to
violence, explosive

a volatile temper
She is a volatile woman.

Question 11

voluble

Answer 11

Easily fluent in regards to speech

There was a voluble debate within the FDA over whether the treatment actually worked.

Question 12

wan

Answer 12

Unnaturally pale, or showing some other
indication of sickness, unhappiness, etc.;
weak, lacking forcefulness

“he gave a wan smile”

Question 13

wanton

Answer 13

Reckless, vicious, without regard for what is
right; unjustifiable, deliberately done for no
reason at all; sexually unrestrained or
excessively luxurious

I also wrote that innocent people would die as a consequence of the wanton, lawless destruction of medical stocks in a dirt-poor country.

Question 14

warranted

Answer 14

Justified, authorized (warrant can mean to
justify or a justification, but can also mean to
vouch for or guarantee)

I’ll warrant he’ll be here by noon

Question 15

welter

Answer 15

Confused mass or pile, jumble; confusion or
turmoil (noun); roll around, wallow, toss
about, writhe (verb)

“the streams foam and welter”

“there’s such a welter of conflicting rules”

Question 16

whet

Answer 16

Stimulate, make keen or eager (esp. of an
appetite)

whet a knife
We had some wine to whet our appetites.

Question 17

whimsical

Answer 17

Marked or motivated by whims (odd, fanciful
ideas); erratic, unpredictable

“the whimsical arbitrariness of autocracy”

Question 18

whitewash

Answer 18

A substance used to whiten walls, wood, etc.
(noun); deception, covering up of wrongs,
errors, misdeeds, etc. (verb)

refused to whitewash the scandal

“his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation”

Question 19

wily

Answer 19

Crafty, cunning, characterized by tricks or
artifice

a wily judge of character, she takes advantage of car buyers’ insecurities to sell them a bigger machine than they really need

Question 20

winnow

Answer 20

Sift, analyze critically, separate the useful part
from the worthless part

“guidelines that would help winnow out those not fit to be soldiers”

Question 21

winsome

Answer 21

Charming, engaging, esp. in a sweet and

innocent way

Question 22

wizened

Answer 22

Withered, shriveled

Her fiction celebrated the couplings of a wide range of characters: teenage girls, wizened old women, circus performers, wolves.

Question 23

xenophobia

Answer 23

Fear or hatred of foreigners or that which is
foreign

Student organizations issued statements emphasizing that xenophobia has no place at Miami University, Villanueva said.

Question 24

yoke

Answer 24

A burden or something that oppresses; a frame
for attaching animals (such as oxen) to each
other and to a plow or other equipment to be
pulled, or a bar across a person’s shoulders to
help carry buckets of water, etc. (noun); to
unite together or to burden (verb)

“two crackheads yoked this girl”

a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom