word smart list 84 Flashcards
Vapid
adj. without liveliness; dull; spiritless
Vacillate
v. to be indecisive; to waver
Vehement
adj. intense; forceful; violent
venel
adj. capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt
venerate
v. to revere; to treat as something holy, especially because of great age
veracity
n. truthfulness
verbose
adj. using to many words; not succinct; circumlocutory
versimilitude
n. similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like the real thing
vernacular
n. everyday speech; slang; idiom
vestige
n. a remaining bit of something; a last trace
vex
v. to annoy; to pester; to confuse
viable
adj. capable of living; workable
vicarious
adj. experienced, performed, or suffered through someone else; living through the experiences of one another as though they they were ones own experiences
vicissitude
n. to upheavel; natural change; change in fortune
vilify
v. to say vile things about; to defame