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Vocab List 5 Flashcards

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Venom

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  1. Toxin secreted by animals
  2. Feeling a need to see others suffer
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Verbose

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Using or containing too many words

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Versatile

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  1. Having many skills
  2. Having great diversity or variety
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Vertical

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Upright in position or posture

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Vestige

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  1. A clue that something has been present
  2. A minimal remaining account
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Viable

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Capable of being done with means at hand

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Vibrant

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  1. Vigorous and active
  2. Full of life, energy & enthusiasm
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Vicarious

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Experienced second hand

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Vigilant

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On alert, watchful, weary

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Vindictive

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  1. Intended for revenge
  2. Motivated by spite
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Virtuoso

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Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

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Virulent

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  1. Extremely poisonous or injurious
  2. Harsh or corrosive in tone
  3. producing venom
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Vista

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  1. Visual percept of a region
  2. A view especially over a large area of land
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Vivacious

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Full of life, fun, lively, animated

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Vivid

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  1. Evoking lifelike images within the mind
  2. Having striking color
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Vociferous

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  1. Conspicuously and offensively loud
  2. Given to vehement outcry
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Vogue

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  1. The popular taste at a given time
  2. A current state of general acceptance and use
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Volatile

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  1. Liable to lead to sudden change or violence
  2. Marked by erratic changeableness in affections
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Voluminous

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Numerous, of great size, large, having great fullness, writing or speaking at great length

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Voluptuous

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  1. Furnishing the gratification of the senses
  2. Having a large bosom and pleasing curves
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Wanton

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  1. Waste time
  2. Indulge in a carefree way of life
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Warranty

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A written assurance that product or service will be provided or will meet expectations

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Waver

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Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

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Whet

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  1. Make keen or more accurate
  2. Sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
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Whimsical

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  1. determined by chance or impulse
  2. Playful or fanciful, imaginatively humorous

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