Word List V

Question 1

Vacillate (v.)

Answer 1

waver; fluctuate. Uncertain which suitor she ought to marry, the princess vacillated, saying now one, now the other.

Question 2

Vacuous (adj.)

Answer 2

empty; lacking in ideas; stupid. The candidate’s vacuous remarks annoyed the audience, who had hoped to hear more than empty platitudes.

Question 3

Vagabond (n.)

Answer 3

wanderer; tramp. In summer, college students wander the roads of Europe like carefree vagabonds.

Question 4

Vagary (n.)

Answer 4

caprice; whim. She followed every vagary of fashion.

Question 5

Vagrant (adj.)

Answer 5

stray; random. He tried to study, but could not collect his vagrant thoughts.