Vocab 6 (U-Z) Flashcards
Undergird
to loosen or remove a girdle or belt from.
to loosen or remove by unfastening a belt: to ungird a sword.
Uncanny
Strange or mysterious; difficult or impossible to explain
Understeer
Steer under something
Turn less sharply than intended by the driver of a motor vehicle
Undulate/Undulating
Moving gently up and down
Unmitigated
Complete, often describing something bad or unsuccessful that has no good or positive points.
Unregenerate
Not regenerate; inveterately bad or wrong.
Unwilling to express an apology.
Urbane
Sophisticated; worldly.
Vale
Valley
Valedictory
Relating to say goodbye, especially formally.
Vanquish
To win a decisive victory over an opponent, especially in war.
Vaud
A canton on the shores of Lake Geneva in western Switzerland; capital, Lausanne. Notes for its wines, it joined the Swiss Confederation in 1803.
Vegetate
To live in a way that lacks physical and mental activity.
Velodrome
A special place or building with a usually banked track for cycle-racing etc.
Venality
Willing to behave in a dishonest or immoral way in exchange for money.
Vendetta
A long and violent argument between people or families in which one group tries to harm the other in order to punish them for things that have happened in the past.
Veneer
An outward appearance meant to deceive.
A thin layer of decorative wood or plastic used to cover a cheaper material.
Venerable
Deserving respect because of age, high position or religious or historical importance.
Describes something that has been is use, or someone who has been involved in something, for a long time.
Veracity
The quality of being true, honest or accurate.
Vertex
The point opposite to and farthest from the base.
A principal or highest.
Verve
Great energy and enthusiasm.
Viability
ability to live, especially under certain conditions.
the capacity to operate or be sustained.
Vintner
A person whose job it is to buy and sell wine.
Virago
A fierce, unpleasant woman who shouts a lot.
Virulent
Full of hate and fierce opposition.
Vista
A view , especially a splendid view from a high position.
A possible future action or event that you can imagine.
Viticulture
The growing of grapes, or the science or study of this.
Vituperative
A vituperative spoken or written attack is fully of angry accusations.
Vociferous
Vociferous people express their opinions and complaints loudly and repeatedly in speech, and vociferous demands etc. are made repeatedly and loudly.
Voguism
Passion for fashion.
Voracious/ Voraciousness
Very eager for something, especially a lot of food.
Overly it shamefully acquisitive.
Vortex
A mass of air or water that spins around very fast and pulls objects into its empty center.
A dangerous it destructive situation in which you become more arid and more involved without being able to escape.
Wadi
A valley which has a river that is usually dry except when it has rained, common in desert areas of North Africa and Southwest Africa.
Wheedle
To try and persuade someone to do something or give you something by praising then or being intentionally charming.
Whiplash
A neck injury caused by a sudden forward movement of the upper body, especially in a car accident.
Wry
Showing that you find a difficult or difficult situation slightly amusing.
Wunderkind
A person who is very clever and good at something and achieves success at a young age.
Xanadu
An ancient city in SE Mongolia, residence of Kublai Khan as portrayed in S.T Coleridge’s poem.
A place of dreamlike magnificence and luxury.
Xanthic
Chem. Originally designating, pertaining, or producing any of various yellow compounds, including xanthine. Now only specially designating or derived from a xanthic acid.
Xanthippe
The wife of Socrates.
A shrewish, scolding or ill tempered woman or wife.
Xenophobic
Extreme dislike or fear of foreigners, their customs, their religions etc.
Xeric
Characterized by dry conditions
Xyloid
Botany. Of, relating to, or resembling wood, woody.
Yarmulke
A small, circular cover for the head worn by Jewish men, especially at religious ceremonies.
