T,U,V,W Flashcards

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Winnow

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To sift through

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Wont

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N
Ones customary behavior

ADJ
accustomed

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Wily

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Cunning; skilled at deceitfully gaining advantage

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Waylay

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To stop or interrupt someone usually in detaining them in conversation or trouble

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Wan

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(Of someone’s complexion, smile, or a light) weak mainly from exhaustion or illness

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Vulpine

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Of or relating to foxes; cunning

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Voluble

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Talkative

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Volatile

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Easily evaporated at normal temp

Liable to change rapidly unexpectedly for the worse

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Vociferous

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Vehement, forceful, passionate, intense

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Vituperation

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Blaming or insulting someone with words violently

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Vitriolic

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Filled with bitter criticism, caustic

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Vitiate

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TR V

To destroy the quality of efficiency of

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Visceral

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Relating to deep inward feeling rather than intellect

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Virulent

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Malignant hostile

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Vicissitudes (of fortune)

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Changes of fortune unpleasant

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Vicariously

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Experience without being there by imagination through feelings and actions of another

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Vicarious

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Substitue

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Venal

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Corrupt, able to be bribed; involving bribery

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Venial

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Of a fault that is pardonable excusable (used in Christian theology)

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Vehement

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Passionate and intense

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Vapid

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Offering nothing stimulating or challenging; bland; uninteresting; lacking liveliness