Flashcards: Bowyer 32
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kasielasserre1 on April 25, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 vapid | tasteless, dull |
| variegated | varied, marked with different colors |
| vaunted | boasted about, bragged about |
| venerable | respected because of age |
| veracious | truthful, accurate |
| verdant | green with vegetation; inexperienced |
| verisimilitude | quality of appearing true or real |
| verity | truthfullness; belief viewed as truth and enduring |
| vermin | small creatures offensive to humans |
| vernacular | everyday language used by ordinary people; specialized language of profession |
| vernal | relating to spring |
| vestige | trace or reminent |
| vex | to irritate, annoy; confuze, puzzle |
| viaduct | series of elevated arches used to cross a valley |
| vicarious | substitute, surrogate; enjoyed through imagined participation in another's experience |
| vicissitude | change or variation; ups and downs |
| vie | to compete or contend |
| vignette | decrotive design; short literary composition |
| vim | energy, enthusiasm |
| virile | manly, having qualities of an adult man |
| virulent | extremely poisoness; malignent; hateful |
| viscous | thick, syrupy, sticky |
| vitriolic | burning, chostic; sharp, bitter |
| vituperate | to abuse verbally |
| vivacious | lively, spirited |
| vociferous | loud, vocal, noisy |
| voluble | speaking much and easily, talkative; glib |
| voluminous | large; of great quantity; writing or speaking at great length |
| voracious | having a great appetite |
| waive | to refrain from enforcing a rule; to give up a legal right |
| wallow | to indulge oneself excessively; luxuriate |
| wan | sickly pale |
| wanton | undisciplined, unrestrained, recklesss |
| wary | careful, cautious |
| weather | to endure, undergo |
| whet | to sharpen, stimulate |
| whimsy | playful or fanciful idea |
| winsome | charming, happily engaging |
| wizened | withered, shriveled, wrinkeled |
| writ | written document usually in law |