| A | B |
|---|
| vacillate | to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute |
| venal (VEND to sell) | willing to sell one's influence, esp. in return for a bribe; open to bribery; mercenary |
| veneer | a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood. |
| verbose | characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy |
| vigor | active strength or force |
| vim | lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality. |
| virile (VIR man) | of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a man; masculine; manly |
| virility (VIR man) | manly character, vigor, or spirit; masculinity. |
| virtuous (VIR man) | conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright |
| virulent (VIRU poison + LENT poison) | actively poisonous; intensely noxious |
| vocation | a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling. |
| voluble (VOLV roll + ABLE) | characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative |
| voluminous (volume + OUS full of) | filling much space |
| waif | a person or animal that has neither home nor friends; or, a stray item or article |
| wane | to grow smaller |
| wax | to grow larger (verb definition) |
| whet (as in to whet one's appetite) | to make keen or eager; stimulate: to whet the appetite; to whet the curiosity. |
| wry | bitterly ironic or amusing |
| zealot | a person who shows extreme enthusiaum for a person, issue, or cause |
| zeitgeist | the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time |
| zodiac (ZO animal) | (traditionally) the twelve constellations the make up the heavens, each of which is assigned an animal representative |
| undulate (UND wave + ATE cause) | to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: |
| unfetter (UN not + fetter tie) | unrestrained; unchained; untied |
| upbraid | to find fault with; to blame; to censure |
| usury | the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest. |
