Bowyer Vocab #28
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tarheelbound8 on April 13, 2010
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32 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 vivacious | livey, spirited |
| vociferous | loud, vocal, and noisy |
| voluble | speaking much and easily, talkitive; glib |
| voluminous | large, of great quantity, writing or speaking at great lenths |
| voracious | having a great appetite |
| waive | to refrain from enforcing a rule; to give up a legal right |
| wallow | to indulge oneself excessively, luxiouriate |
| wary | careful, cautious |
| weather | to endure, undergo |
| whet | to sharpen, stimulate |
| whimsy | playful or fanciful idea |
| winsome | charming, happily engaging |
| wizened | withered, shrinkled, wrinkled |
| wry | amusing, ironic |
| xenophobia | fear or hatred of foregners or strangers |
| zealot | someone passionately devoted to a cause |
| zenith | highest point, summit |
| zephyr | gentle breeze |
| accessible | to have access to, approachable |
| accost | to approach and speak to someone |
| adulation | high praise |
| amicable (amiable) | friendly, pleasent, likeable, agreeable |
| amity | friendship |
| amorous | strongly attracted to love; showing love |
| vignette | decorative design, short literary composition |
| vilify | to slander, defame |
| virile | manly, having qualities of an adult male |
| vim | energy and enthusiasm |
| virulent | extremely poisonous, malignant; hateful |
| viscuous | thick syrupy, and sticky |
| vitriolic | burning, caustic, sharp, bitter |
| vituperate | to abuse verbally |
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