V (Dictionary cum Vocabulary Word List for Exams)
Vacate: To leave.
Vaccinate: immunize, treat a person or animal with a vaccine to prevent them from getting a disease, protect, inoculate
Example: [By this procedure it is not uncommon to vaccinate a sleeping child without waking it]
Vacillate: To waver
Example: [Her mood vacillated between hope and despair]
Vacuous: empty, inane, not showing intelligence or purpose
Example: [a vacuous question]
Vacuum: nothingness, empty space, void
Example: [The experience of artistic writing does not happen in a vacuum. Dr. Goddard carried out in 1912 an experiment to prove that rocket propulsion could operate successfully in the vacuum of outer space]
Vagabond: A wanderer
Example: [They live a vagabond life]
Vagary: whim
Vagrant: An idle wanderer
Example: [shelters and food for vagrants]
Vainglorious: conceited
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Vainglory: excessive pride, vanity, boastfulness, arrogance, egoism
Example: [I wish you well, for a pride founded on self-respect is pleasing in mine eyes; but take heed lest pride degenerate into vainglory]
Valance: short drapery hanging above window frame
Example: [the windows were curtainless, only the tops were covered with valances]
Vale: Level or low land between hills.
Valediction: good-bye, farewell speech
Valedictorian: the student who has the best grades and who usually delivers the valedictory address at a graduation ceremony
Valedictory: relating to saying goodbye
Example: [a valedictory speech]
Valid: legal, legitimate, legally acceptable, in force, reasonable
Example: [a valid syllogism]
Validate: affirm
Example: [validate a claim]
Valor: ravery, courage, heroism
Example: [valorous efforts/heroes/deeds]
Valor (Valour): bravery
Example: [He was promoted to the rank of major in recognition of his valor during the battle]
Valorous: brave Courageous
Vampire: ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living beings
Vanguard: leading position
Example: [He is in the vanguard of economic reform]
Vantage: position giving an advantage
Example: [from a vantage point]
Vapid: insipid vacuous
Example: [a vapid television program]
Vaporizer: An atomizer.
Variable: changeable
Example: [variable interest rate]
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Variance: difference, modification, deviation, change, division
Variant: dissimilar, something slightly different from others of the same type, disparate, differing
Variation: deviation, difference, change, dissimilarity, fluctuation
Example: [These variables were excluded from further analysis]
Variegate: To mark with different shades or colors.
Variegated: many-colored
Example: [a variegated plant]
Vassal: subject
Vaudeville: variety stage show, cabaret, satirical song, burlesque, stage play that often includes songs
Example: [A young fellow up in New Hampshire has written a vaudeville playlet and sent it on for my approval]
Vaunted: bragged boasted
Example: [the vaunted new scheme has been shown to have serious weaknesses]
Vector: straight line, variable quantity, disease transmitter, path
Example: [Probably the principal vector of malaria in the Philippine Islands is a mosquito which breeds in streams and ditches]
Veer: change in direction
Vegetal: pertaining to asexual development and growth, typical of plants or vegetables
Example: [Seams of graphite may therefore represent accumulations of vegetal matter such as seaweed]
Vegetarian: One who believes in the theory that man’s food should be exclusively vegetable.
Vegetate: passive way without exercise of the mental faculties To live in a monotonous
Example: [children spend too much time vegetating in front of the TV]
Vegetation: Plant-life in the aggregate.
Vegetative: Pertaining to the process of plant-life.
Vehement: adamant
Example: [vehement opposition]
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