| vagrant | An idle wanderer. |
| vainglory | Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity. |
| vale | Level or low land between hills. |
| valediction | A bidding farewell. |
| valedictorian | Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution. |
| valedictory | A parting address. |
| valid | Founded on truth. |
| valorous | Courageous. |
| vapid | Having lost sparkling quality and flavor. |
| vaporizer | An atomizer. |
| variable | Having a tendency to change. |
| variance | Change. |
| variant | A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance. |
| variation | Modification. |
| variegate | To mark with different shades or colors. |
| vassal | A slave or bondman. |
| vaudeville | A variety show. |
| vegetal | Of or pertaining to plants. |
| vegetarian | One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable. |
| vegetate | To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties. |
| vegetation | Plant-life in the aggregate. |
| vegetative | Pertaining to the process of plant-life. |
| vehement | Very eager or urgent. |
| velocity | Rapid motion. |
| velvety | Marked by lightness and softness. |
| venal | Mercenary, corrupt. |
| vendible | Marketable. |
| vendition | The act of selling. |
| vendor | A seller. |
| veneer | Outside show or elegance. |
| venerable | Meriting or commanding high esteem. |
| venerate | To cherish reverentially. |
| venereal | Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse. |
| venial | That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin. |
| venison | The flesh of deer. |
| venom | The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete. |
| venous | Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins. |
| veracious | Habitually disposed to speak the truth. |
| veracity | Truthfulness. |
| verbatim | Word for word. |
| verbiage | Use of many words without necessity. |
| verbose | Wordy. |
| verdant | Green with vegetation. |
| verification | The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate. |
| verify | To prove to be true, exact, or accurate. |
| verily | In truth. |
| verity | Truth. |
| vermin | A noxious or troublesome animal. |
| vernacular | The language of one's country. |
| vernal | Belonging to or suggestive of the spring. |