| GRE word list - V |
| vacillate |
to sway through lack of equilibrium:FLUCTUATE, OSCILLATE |
| vacuous |
marked by lack of ideas or intelligence:STUPID, INANE |
| vagary |
an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation,
action, or notion |
| vagrant |
one who has no established residence and wanders idly
from place to place without lawful or visible means of
support |
| vague |
not thinking or expressing one's thoughts clearly or
precisely |
| valediction |
an act of bidding farewell |
| valiant |
possessing or acting with bravery or boldness:COURAGEOUS |
| valid |
logically correct |
| vanquish |
to defeat in a conflict or contest |
| vapid |
lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force:FLAT,
DULL |
| vaporize |
to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying)
into vapor |
| variance |
the fact, quality, or state of being variable or variant:
DIFFERENCE, VARIATION |
| varnish |
to apply varnish to |
| vault |
a room or compartment for the safekeeping of valuables |
| vaunt |
to make a vain display of one's own worth or attainments:BRAG |
| veer |
to change direction or course |
| vehement |
marked by forceful energy:POWERFUL |
| venal |
capable of being bought or obtained for money or other
valuable consideration:PURCHASABLE; especially :open to
corrupt influence and especially bribery:MERCENARY |
| vendor |
one that sell especially as a hawker or peddler |
| veneer |
a layer of wood of superior value or excellent grain
to be glued to an inferior wood |
| venerate |
to regard with reverential respect or with admiring
deference |
| vengeful |
serving to gain vengeance |
| venial |
of a kind that can be remitted:FORGIVABLE, PARDONABLE;
also :meriting no particular censure or notice:EXCUSABLE |
| venom |
poisonous matter normally secreted by some animals (as
snakes, scorpions, or bees) and transmitted to prey or
an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging |
| ventilate |
to examine, discuss, or investigate freely and openly:EXPOSE |
| veracious |
TRUTHFUL, HONEST |
| verbatim |
being in or following the exact words:WORD-FOR-WORD |
| verbose |
containing more words than necessary:WORDY |
| verdant |
green with growing plants |
| verdict |
the finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted
to it in trial |
| verify |
to establish the truth, accuracy, or reality of |
| vernacular |
The standard native language of a country or locality |
| versatile |
having many uses or applications |
| versed |
acquainted through study or experience; knowledgeable
or skilled |
| vertigo |
a disordered state in which the individual or the individual's
surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| verve |
the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition
or performance:VIVACITY |
| vessel |
a tube or canal (as an artery) in which a body fluid
is contained and conveyed or circulated |
| vestigial |
a bodily part or organ that is small and degenerate
or imperfectly developed in comparison to one more fully
developed in an earlier stage of the individual, in a
past generation, or in closely related forms |
| veteran |
an old soldier of long service |
| veto |
an authoritative prohibition:INTERDICTION |
| vex |
to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| viable |
capable of living; especially :capable of surviving
outside the mother's womb without artificial support |
| vibrant |
oscillating or pulsating rapidly |
| vicarious |
performed or suffered by one person as a substitute
for another or to the benefit or advantage of another:SUBSTITUTIONARY |
| vicious |
having the nature or quality of vice or immorality:DEPRAVED |
| vicissitude |
change (esp. from good to bad); change of fortune |
| victimize |
to subject to deception or fraud:CHEAT |
| vigilant |
alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| vignette |
a brief incident or scene (as in a play or movie) |
| vigor |
active bodily or mental strength or force |
| vilify |
to utter slanderous and abusive statements against:DEFAME |
| vim |
robust energy and enthusiasm |
| vindicate |
to free from allegation or blame |
| vindictive |
disposed to seek revenge:VENGEFUL |
| violate |
to do harm to the person or especially the chastity
of; specifically :RAPE |
| virility |
the quality or state of being virile:a:MANHOOD b:manly
vigor:MASCULINITY |
| virtuoso |
an experimenter or investigator especially in the arts
and sciences:SAVANT |
| virtuous |
morally excellent:RIGHTEOUS |
| virulent |
marked by a rapid, severe, and malignant course |
| viscous |
having a glutinous consistency:VISCID |
| visionary |
incapable of being realized or achieved:UTOPIAN |
| vista |
a distant view through or along an avenue or opening:PROSPECT |
| vitality |
capacity to live and develop; also :physical or mental
vigor especially when highly developed |
| vitiate |
to make faulty or defective:IMPAIR |
| vitrify |
to convert into glass or a glassy substance by heat
and fusion |
| vitriolic |
bitterly scathing; caustic |
| vituperative |
uttering or given to censure:containing or characterized
by verbal abuse |
| vivacious |
lively in temper, conduct, or spirit:SPRIGHTLY |
| vivid |
having the appearance of vigorous life or freshness:LIVELY |
| vociferous |
marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| vogue |
popular acceptation or favor:POPULARITY |
| volatile |
characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| volition |
an act of making a choice or decision; also :a choice
or decision made |
| voluble |
characterized by ready or rapid speech:GLIB, FLUENT |
| voluminous |
having or marked by great volume or bulk:LARGE also
:FULL |
| voluptuous |
given to or spent in enjoyments of luxury, pleasure,
or sensual gratifications |
| vomit |
an act or instance of disgorging the contents of the
stomach through the mouth; also :the disgorged matter |
| voracious |
excessively eager:INSATIABLE |
| votary |
a devout or zealous worshiper |
| vouch |
to summon into court to warrant or defend a title |
| vulgar |
lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste:COARSE |
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