Word List 30

Question 1

vegetate

Answer 1

v. live in a monotonous way

Question 2

vehement

Answer 2

adj. impetuous; with marked vigor

Question 3

vellum

Answer 3

n. parchment

Question 4

veneer

Answer 4

n. thin layer; cover

Question 5

venerable

Answer 5

adj. deserving high respect

Question 6

venerate

Answer 6

v. revere

Question 7

venial

Answer 7

adj. forgivable; trivial

Question 8

ventral

Answer 8

v. abdominal

Question 9

veracious

Answer 9

adj. truthful

Question 10

verbiage

Answer 10

n. pompous array of words

Question 11

verbose

Answer 11

adj. wordy

Question 12

verdant

Answer 12

adj. green’ fresh

Question 13

verdigris

Answer 13

n. a green coating on copper which has been exposed to the weather

Question 14

verity

Answer 14

n. truth; reality

Question 15

vernal

Answer 15

adj. pertaining to spring

Question 16

vestige

Answer 16

n. trace; remains

Question 17

viand

Answer 17

n. food

Question 18

vicarious

Answer 18

adj. acting as a substitute

Question 19

vicissitude

Answer 19

n. change of fortune

Question 20

victuals

Answer 20

n. food

Question 21

vie

Answer 21

v. contend; compete

Question 22

vigilance

Answer 22

n. watchfulness

Question 23

vilify

Answer 23

v. slander

Question 24

vindicate

Answer 24

v. clear of charges

Question 25

vindictive

Answer 25

adj. revengeful

Question 26

virago

Answer 26

n. shrew; a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman

Question 27

virile

Answer 27

adj. manly

Question 28

virulent

Answer 28

adj. extremely poisonous

Question 29

visage

Answer 29

n. face; appearance

Question 30

viscid

Answer 30

adj. sticky; adhesive

Question 31

viscous

Answer 31

adj. sticky; gluey

Question 32

visionary

Answer 32

adj. produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical

Question 33

vitiate

Answer 33

v. spoil the effect of; make inoperative

Question 34

vitriolic

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adj. corrosive; sarcastic

Question 35

vituperative

Answer 35

adj. abusive; scolding

Question 36

vociferous

Answer 36

adj. clamorous; noisy

Question 37

vogue

Answer 37

n. popular fashion

Question 38

volatile

Answer 38

adj. evaporating rapidly; lighthearted; mercurial

Question 39

volition

Answer 39

n. act of making a conscious choice

Question 40

voluble

Answer 40

adj. fluent; glib

Question 41

voluptuous

Answer 41

adj. gratifying the senses; pleasuring (sensuously)

Question 42

voracious

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adj. ravenous

Question 43

votary

Answer 43

n. follower of a cult

Question 44

vouchsafe

Answer 44

v. grant condescendingly; guarantee

Question 45

vying

Answer 45

v. contending

Question 46

waggish

Answer 46

adj. mischievous; humorous; tricky

Question 47

waive

Answer 47

v. give up temporarily; yield

Question 48

wanton

Answer 48

adj. unruly; unchaste; excessive

Question 49

wheedle

Answer 49

v. cajole; coax; deceive by flattery

Question 50

whet

Answer 50

v. sharpen; stimulate

Question 51

whit

Answer 51

n. smallest speck

Question 52

wily

Answer 52

adj. cunning; artful

Question 53

winsome

Answer 53

adj. agreeable; gracious; engaging

Question 54

witless

Answer 54

adj. foolish; idiotic

Question 55

witticism

Answer 55

n. witty saying; facetious remark

Question 56

wizened

Answer 56

adj. withered; shriveled

Question 57

wont

Answer 57

n. custom; habitual procedure

Question 58

worldly

Answer 58

adj. engrossed in matters of this earth; not spiritual

Question 59

wraith

Answer 59

n. ghost; phantom o fa living person

Question 60

wrest

Answer 60

v. pull away; take by violence

Question 61

zealot

Answer 61

n. fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal

Question 62

zenith

Answer 62

n. point directly overhead in the sky; summit

Question 63

zephyr

Answer 63

n. gentle breeze; west wind

Question 64

venal

Answer 64

adj. capable of being bribed