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20 Cards in this Set
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Vagaries
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unexpected events or changes that cannot be controlled and can influence a situation:
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Vacuous
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not expressing or showing intelligent thought or purpose
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Vague
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not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided:
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Vapid
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showing no intelligence or imagination:
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Vacillate
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to be uncertain what to do, or to change often between two opinions:
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Veritable
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used to describe something as another, more exciting, interesting, or unusual thing, as a way of emphasizing its character:
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Verbiage
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language that is very complicated and contains a lot of unnecessary words:
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Vestige
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a small part or amount of something larger, stronger, or more important that still exists from something that existed in the past:
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Verbatim
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using exactly the same words as were originally used:
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Veracious
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habitually speaking the truth
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Viable
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able to work as intended or able to succeed:
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Vituperative
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A vituperative spoken or written attack is full of angry criticiSm
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Vilify
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to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them
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Visceral
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obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
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Vicissitudes
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changes that happen at different times during the life or development of someone or something, especially those that result in conditions being worse:
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Virulent
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formal full of hate and violent opposition:
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Vitriol
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violent hate and anger expressed through severe criticism:
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Volition
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the power to make your own decisions:
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Voluble
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speaking a lot, with confidence and enthusiasm:
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Voracious
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rapacious, ravening, voracious excessively greedy and grasping.
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