Vocab V Flashcards

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Vacillate

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v. to waver or move back and forth

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Vainglorious

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adj. feeling excessive self-importance or pride for one’s own accomplishment

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Venerated

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adj. highly respected

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Veracity

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n. honesty; truthfulness

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Verbose

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adj. using or containing too many words

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Verdant

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adj. green with color or green with inexperience

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Verisimilitude

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n. the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true

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Vestige

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n. a small trace

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Vicissitude

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n. a change or variation

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Vim

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n. energy and enthusiasm; vitality

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Virtuoso

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n. a person who has mastered a certain skill

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Viscous

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adj. sticky; thick

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Vitiate

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v. to make imperfect; to corrupt

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Vitriolic

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adj. harsh or corrosive in tone

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Vituperate

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v. to use abusive language

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Vociferous

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adj. marked by loud outcry

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Voluble

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adj. talkative or fluent with words