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Vapid

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adj. without liveliness; dull; spiritless

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Vacillate

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v. to be indecisive; to waver

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Vehement

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adj. intense; forceful; violent

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venel

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adj. capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt

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venerate

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v. to revere; to treat as something holy, especially because of great age

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veracity

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n. truthfulness

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verbose

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adj. using to many words; not succinct; circumlocutory

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versimilitude

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n. similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like the real thing

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vernacular

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n. everyday speech; slang; idiom

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vestige

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n. a remaining bit of something; a last trace

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vex

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v. to annoy; to pester; to confuse

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viable

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adj. capable of living; workable

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vicarious

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adj. experienced, performed, or suffered through someone else; living through the experiences of one another as though they they were ones own experiences

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vicissitude

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n. to upheavel; natural change; change in fortune

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vilify

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v. to say vile things about; to defame

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