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Vacilate-Zealous Flashcards

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Vapid

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Without liveliness
Dull
Spiritless

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Vacillate

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To be indecisive

To waver

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Vehement

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Intense
Forceful
Violent

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Venal

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Capable of being bribed
Willing to do anything for money
Corrupt

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Venerate

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To revere

To treat as something holy, especially because of age

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Veracity

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Truthfulness

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Verbose

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Using too many words
Not succinct
Circumlocutory

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Verisimilitude

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Similarity to reality
The appearance of truth
Looking like the real thing

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Vernacular

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Everyday speech
Idiom
Slang

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Vestige

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A remaining bit if something

A last trace

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Vex

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To annoy
To pester
To confuse

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Viable

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Capable of living

Workable

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Vicarious

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Experienced, performed, or suffered through someone else

Living through the experiences of another as though they were one’s own experiences

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Vicissitude

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Upheaval
Natural change
Change in fortune

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Vilify

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To say vile things about

To defame

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Vindicate

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To clear from all blame or suspicion

To justify

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Vindictive

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Seeking revenge

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Virtuoso

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A masterful musician

A masterful practitioner in some other field.

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Virulent

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Extremely poisonous
Malignant
Full of hate

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Visionary

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A dreamer

Someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future

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Vitiate

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To make impure

To pollute

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Vitriolic

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Caustic

Full of bitterness

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Vocation

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An occupation

A job

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Vociferous

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Loud

Noisy

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Volatile

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Quick to evaporate
Highly unstable
Explosive

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Volition

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Will

Conscious choice

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Wanton

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Malicious
Unjustifiable
Unprovoked
Egregious

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Willful

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Deliberate
Obstinate
Insistent on having one’s way

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Wistful

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Yearning

Sadly longing

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Zealous

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Enthusiastically devoted to something

Fervent

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