Vocab List 5 Flashcards
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Venom
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- Toxin secreted by animals
- Feeling a need to see others suffer
2
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Verbose
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Using or containing too many words
3
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Versatile
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- Having many skills
- Having great diversity or variety
4
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Vertical
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Upright in position or posture
5
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Vestige
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- A clue that something has been present
- A minimal remaining account
6
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Viable
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Capable of being done with means at hand
7
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Vibrant
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- Vigorous and active
- Full of life, energy & enthusiasm
8
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Vicarious
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Experienced second hand
9
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Vigilant
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On alert, watchful, weary
10
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Vindictive
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- Intended for revenge
- Motivated by spite
11
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Virtuoso
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Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
12
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Virulent
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- Extremely poisonous or injurious
- Harsh or corrosive in tone
- producing venom
13
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Vista
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- Visual percept of a region
- A view especially over a large area of land
14
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Vivacious
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Full of life, fun, lively, animated
15
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Vivid
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- Evoking lifelike images within the mind
- Having striking color
16
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Vociferous
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- Conspicuously and offensively loud
- Given to vehement outcry
17
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Vogue
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- The popular taste at a given time
- A current state of general acceptance and use
18
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Volatile
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- Liable to lead to sudden change or violence
- Marked by erratic changeableness in affections
19
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Voluminous
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Numerous, of great size, large, having great fullness, writing or speaking at great length
20
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Voluptuous
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- Furnishing the gratification of the senses
- Having a large bosom and pleasing curves
21
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Wanton
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- Waste time
- Indulge in a carefree way of life
22
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Warranty
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A written assurance that product or service will be provided or will meet expectations
23
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Waver
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Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
24
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Whet
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- Make keen or more accurate
- Sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
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Whimsical
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- determined by chance or impulse
- Playful or fanciful, imaginatively humorous
