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| vacillate | (v.) to fluctuate, hesitate (I prefer a definite answer, but my boss kept vacillating between the distinct options available to us.) |
| vacuous | (adj.) lack of content or ideas, stupid (Beyoncé realized that the lyrics she had just penned were completely vacuous and tried to add more substance.) |
| vapid | (adj.) lacking liveliness, dull (The professor's comments about the poem were surprisingly vapid and dull.) |
| variegated | (adj.) diversified, distinctly marked (Each wire in the engineering exam was variegated by color so that the students could figure out which one was which.) |
| venerate | (v.) to regard with respect or to honor (The tribute to John Lennon sought to venerate his music, his words, and his legend.) |
| veracity | (n.) truthfulness, accuracy (With several agencies regulating the reports, it was difficult for Latifah to argue against its veracity.) |
| verdant | (adj.) green in tint or color (The verdant leaves on the trees made the world look emerald.) |
| vex | (v.) to confuse or annoy (My little brother vexes me by poking me in the ribs for hours on end.) |
| vicarious | (adj.) experiencing through another (All of my lame friends learned to be social through vicarious involvement in my amazing experiences.) |
| vicissitude | (n.) event that occurs by chance (The vicissitudes of daily life prevent me from predicting what might happen from one day to the next.) |
| vilify | (v.) to lower in importance, defame (After the Watergate scandal, almost any story written about President Nixon sought to vilify him and criticize his behavior.) |
| viscous | (adj.) not free flowing, syrupy (The viscous syrup took three minutes to pour out of the bottle.) |
| vitriolic | (adj.) having a caustic quality (When angry, the woman would spew vitriolic insults.) |
| vituperate | (v.) to berate (Jack ran away as soon as his father found out, knowing he would be vituperated for his unseemly behavior.) |
