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| barometer | An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure used esp. in weather forecasting. |
| baroreceptor | A sensory nerve ending that is stimulated by pressure changes, esp. one in the blood vessel walls. |
| barometric | An indicator of fluctuations in pressure. |
| fortune | The turns of luck in the course of one's life. |
| unfortunate | Undeserved bad luck; unlucky. |
| fortuitous | Happening by accident or chance. |
| votive | Given or dedicated in fulfillment of a vow or pledge. |
| vow | An earnest promise to perform a specific act or behavior. |
| volunteer | A person who freely promises to perform a service. |
| odograph | An instrument for recording the distance and course traveled by a vehicle. |
| odometer | An instrument that indicates distance traveled by a vehicle. |
| hodophobia | Fear of traveling. |
| soliloquy | A specific speech or piece of writing in which a character reveals his or her thoughts when alone or unaware of the presence of another character; to talk to oneself. |
| solitary | Living or going without others; alone. Done by oneself. |
| soloist | One who performs a composition or passage by his or herself. |
| verbal | Of, relating to, or associated with words. |
| verbatim | Using exactly the same words. |
| verbose | Using or containing an excessive number of words. |
