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Validate

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v. to prove or declare valid

Your selfish actions do not validate your feelings for me.

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Viability

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n. ability to be done in a practical or useful way

The viability of the solution is questionable.

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Vital

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adj. urgently necessary

It is vital that you respond by the deadline

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Vow

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v. to promise

My brother quickly broke his vow to never eat chocolate again.

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Vigour

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noun: vigour
physical strength and good health.
“I was 79, but still full of vigour and vitality”

effort, energy, and enthusiasm.
“they set about the new task with vigour”

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Variable

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adjective: variable

1.not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change.
“the quality of hospital food is highly variable”

(of a wind) tending to change direction.
“winds will be light and variable”

2.able to be changed or adapted.
“the drill has variable speed”
(of a gear) designed to give varying ratios or speeds.

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Volatile

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adjective: volatile

1.(of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperatures.
“volatile solvents such as petroleum ether, hexane, and benzene”

2.liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse.
“the political situation was becoming more volatile”

(of a person) liable to display rapid changes of emotion.
“a passionate, volatile young man”

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Vigorous

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adjective: vigorous

strong, healthy, and full of energy.
“a tall, vigorous, and muscular man”

characterized by or involving physical strength, effort, or energy.
“vigorous aerobic exercise”

(of language) forceful.
“a vigorous denial”

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Vanity

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noun: vanity; plural noun: vanities

1.excessive pride in or admiration of one’s own appearance or achievements.
“it flattered his vanity to think I was in love with him”

2.the quality of being worthless or futile.
“the vanity of human wishes”

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