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15 Cards in this Set
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volatile
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ADJ. changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly.
The political climate today is extremely volatile: No one can predict what the electorate will do next |
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volition
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N. act of making a conscious choice.
She selected this dress of her own volition. |
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voluble
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ADJ. fluent; glib; talkative.
The excessively voluble speaker suffers from logorrhea: he runs off at the mouth a lot! |
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voluptuous
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ADJ. gratifying the senses.
The nobility during the Renaissance led voluptuous lives. |
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vortex
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N. whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorable plunged.
DOrothy and Toto were sucked into the vortex of the tornado. |
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vouchsafe
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V. grant; choose to give in reply; permit.
The professor vouchsafed not a work to the students' questions about what would be covered on the test. |
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vogue
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N. popular fashion.
Jeans become the vogue on many college campuses. |
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voyeur
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N. Peeping Tom.
Nancy called her brother a voyeur when she caught him aiming his binoculars at an upstairs window of the house of the newlyweds next door. |
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vituperative
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ADJ. abusive; scolding.
He became more vituperative as he realized that we were not going to grant him his wish. |
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vitriolic
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ADJ. corrosibe; sarcastic.
Such vitriolic criticism is uncalled for. |
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vise
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N. tool for holding work in place.
Before filling its edges, the locksmith took the blank key and fixed it firmly between the jaws of a vise. |
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viscous
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ADJ. sticky; gluey.
Melted tar is a viscous substance. viscosity, N |
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viscid
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ADJ. adhesive; gluey.
The trunk of the maple tree was viscid with sap. |
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visceral
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ADJ. felt in one's inner organs.
She disliked the visceral sensations she had whenever she rode the rollar coaster. |
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virulent
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ADJ. extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter.
Laid up with a virulent case of measles, Vera blamed her doctors because her recovery took so long. |
