Vacilate-Zealous Flashcards
Vapid
Without liveliness
Dull
Spiritless
Vacillate
To be indecisive
To waver
Vehement
Intense
Forceful
Violent
Venal
Capable of being bribed
Willing to do anything for money
Corrupt
Venerate
To revere
To treat as something holy, especially because of age
Veracity
Truthfulness
Verbose
Using too many words
Not succinct
Circumlocutory
Verisimilitude
Similarity to reality
The appearance of truth
Looking like the real thing
Vernacular
Everyday speech
Idiom
Slang
Vestige
A remaining bit if something
A last trace
Vex
To annoy
To pester
To confuse
Viable
Capable of living
Workable
Vicarious
Experienced, performed, or suffered through someone else
Living through the experiences of another as though they were one’s own experiences
Vicissitude
Upheaval
Natural change
Change in fortune
Vilify
To say vile things about
To defame
Vindicate
To clear from all blame or suspicion
To justify
Vindictive
Seeking revenge
Virtuoso
A masterful musician
A masterful practitioner in some other field.
Virulent
Extremely poisonous
Malignant
Full of hate
Visionary
A dreamer
Someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future
Vitiate
To make impure
To pollute
Vitriolic
Caustic
Full of bitterness
Vocation
An occupation
A job
Vociferous
Loud
Noisy
Volatile
Quick to evaporate
Highly unstable
Explosive
Volition
Will
Conscious choice
Wanton
Malicious
Unjustifiable
Unprovoked
Egregious
Willful
Deliberate
Obstinate
Insistent on having one’s way
Wistful
Yearning
Sadly longing
Zealous
Enthusiastically devoted to something
Fervent
