Quiz 84

Question 1

vacillate

Answer 1

vacillate (VAS uh layt) v to be indecisive; to waver

Question 2

vapid

Answer 2

vapid (VAP id) adj without liveliness; dull; spiritless

Question 3

vehement

Answer 3

vehement (VEE uh munt) adj intense; forceful; violent

Question 4

venal

Answer 4

venal (VEEN ul) adj capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt

Question 5

venerate

Answer 5

venerate (VEN uh rayt) v to revere; to treat as something holy, especially because of great age

Question 6

veracity

Answer 6

veracity (vuh RAS uh tee) n truthfulness

Question 7

verbose

Answer 7

verbose (vur BOHS) adj using too many words; not succinct; circumlocutory=(to use a lot of big, vague words and to speak in a disorganized way)

Question 8

verisimilitude

Answer 8

verisimilitude (ver uh si MIL uh tood) n similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like the real thing

Question 9

vernacular

Answer 9

vernacular (vur NAK yuh lur) n everyday speech; slang; idiom

Question 10

vestige

Answer 10

vestige (VES tij) n a remaining bit of something; a last trace

Question 11

vex

Answer 11

vex (veks) v to annoy; to pester; to confuse

Question 12

viable

Answer 12

viable (VYE uh bul) adj capable of living; workable

Question 13

vicarious

Answer 13

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

Question 14

vicissitude

Answer 14

vicissitude (vi SIS uh tood) n upheaval; natural change; change in fortune

Question 15

vilify

Answer 15

vilify (VIL uh fye) v to say vile things about; to defame