| A | B |
| voracious | insatiable |
| veracity | truth, reality, exactitude |
| vole | a small rodent related to the muskrat |
| venerate | worship, cherish, honor, revere, adore |
| venial | excusable, defensible, justifiable, extenuatory |
| venom | poison, bane, malice, enmity, malevolence |
| vent | orifice, spiracle, nostril, opening |
| victim | prey, dupe, tool, puppet, scapegoat |
| verify | confirm, approve, substantiate, certify, affirm |
| venal | sordid, mean, corrupt, nefarious, vicious |
| vacate | leave, resign, depart, quit, empty, surrender |
| unskilled | unpracticed, clumsy, unfit, inept, maladroit, ignorant |
| unsettled | fickle, vacillating, unsteady, unstable, unhinged, perturbed |
| usurp | assume, seize, claim, take, appropriate |
| urgent | pressing, serious, compelling, weighty, salient, exigent |
| useful | serviceable, helpful, advantageous, applicable, remunerative, pragmatic, profitable, utilitarian |
| uncouth | clumsy, strange, ungainly, graceless, unrefined, rustic |
| uneasy | unquiet, disturbed, restless, anxious, apprehensive |
| unfair | prejudiced, unjust, biased, dishonest, one-sided, oblique, slanted, uncandid, unethical |
| throb | beat, vibrate, pulsate, palpitate, oscillate, pulsate |
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