- vacate: v. To leave.
- vaccinate: v. To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox.
- vacillate: v. To waver.
- vacuous: adj. Empty.
- vacuum: n. A space entirely devoid of matter.
- vagabond: n. A wanderer.
- vagrant: n. An idle wanderer.
- vainglory: n. Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
- vale: n. Level or low land between hills.
- valediction: n. A bidding farewell.
- valedictorian: n. Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution.
- valedictory: n. A parting address.
- valid: adj. Founded on truth.
- valorous: adj. Courageous.
- vapid: adj. Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.
- vaporizer: n. An atomizer.
- variable: adj. Having a tendency to change.
- variance: n. Change.
- variant: n. A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance.
- variation: n. Modification.
- variegate: v. To mark with different shades or colors.
- vassal: n. A slave or bondman.
- vaudeville: n. A variety show.
- vegetal: adj. Of or pertaining to plants.
- vegetarian: n. One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable.
- vegetate: v. To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties.
- vegetation: n. Plant-life in the aggregate.
- vegetative: adj. Pertaining to the process of plant-life.
- vehement: adj. Very eager or urgent.
- velocity: n. Rapid motion.
- velvety: adj. Marked by lightness and softness.
- venal: adj. Mercenary, corrupt.
- vendible: adj. Marketable.
- vendition: n. The act of selling.
- vendor: n. A seller.
- veneer: n. Outside show or elegance.
- venerable: adj. Meriting or commanding high esteem.
- venerate: v. To cherish reverentially.
- venereal: adj. Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.
- venial: adj. That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.
- venison: n. The flesh of deer.
- venom: n. The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete.
- venous: adj. Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins.
- veracious: adj. Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
- veracity: n. Truthfulness.
- verbatim: adv. Word for word.
- verbiage: n. Use of many words without necessity.
- verbose: adj. Wordy.
- verdant: adj. Green with vegetation.
- verification: n. The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.
- verify: v. To prove to be true, exact, or accurate.
- verily: adv. In truth.
- verity: n. Truth.
- vermin: n. A noxious or troublesome animal.
- vernacular: n. The language of one's country.
- vernal: adj. Belonging to or suggestive of the spring.
- versatile: adj. Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.
- version: n. A description or report of something as modified by one's character or opinion.
- vertex: n. Apex.
- vertical: adj. Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon.
- vertigo: n. Dizziness.
- vestige: n. A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.
- vestment: n. Clothing or covering.
- veto: n. The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.
- vicarious: adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.
- viceroy: n. A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.
- vicissitude: n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.
- vie: v. To contend.
- vigilance: n. Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.
- vigilant: adj. Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.
- vignette: n. A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.
- vincible: adj. Conquerable.
- vindicate: v. To prove true, right, or real.
- vindicative: adj. Revengeful.
- vindicatory: adj. Punitive.
- vinery: n. A greenhouse for grapes.
- viol: n. A stringed instrument of the violin class.
- viola: n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.
- violation: n. Infringement.
- violator: n. One who transgresses.
- violoncello: n. A stringed instrument held between the player's knees.
- virago: n. A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.
- virile: adj. Masculine.
- virtu: n. Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.
- virtual: adj. Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.
- virtuoso: n. A master in the technique of some particular fine art.
- virulence: n. Extreme poisonousness.
- virulent: adj. Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.
- visage: n. The face, countenance, or look of a person.
- viscount: n. In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage.
- vista: n. A view or prospect.
- visual: adj. Perceptible by sight.
- visualize: v. To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.
- vitality: n. The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance.
- vitalize: v. To endow with life or energy.
- vitiate: v. To contaminate.
- vituperable: adj. Deserving of censure.
- vivacity: n. Liveliness.
- vivify: v. To endue with life.
- vivisection: n. The dissection of a living animal.
- vocable: n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.
- vocative: adj. Of or pertaining to the act of calling.
- vociferance: n. The quality of making a clamor.
- vociferate: v. To utter with a loud and vehement voice.
- vociferous: adj. Making a loud outcry.
- vogue: n. The prevalent way or fashion.
- volant: adj. Flying or able to fly.
- volatile: adj. Changeable.
- volition: n. An act or exercise of will.
- volitive: adj. Exercising the will.
- voluble: adj. Having great fluency in speaking.
- voluptuous: adj. having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.
- voracious: adj. Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.
- vortex: n. A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.
- votary: adj. Consecrated by a vow or promise.
- votive: adj. Dedicated by a vow.
- vulgarity: n. Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.
- vulnerable: adj. Capable of receiving injuries.
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