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42 Cards in this Set
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VACILLATE
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to be indecisive; to waver;
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VACUOUS
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empty of content; lacking in ideas or intelligence;
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VAGARY
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whim; unpredictable action; wild notion;
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VANQUISH
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to conquer; to overpower;
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VAPID
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without liveliness; dull; spiritless;
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VEHEMENT
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intense; forceful; violent;
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VENAL
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capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt;
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VENEER
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facade; coating; outward appearance;
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VENERATE
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to revere; to treat as something holy especially because of great age;
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VERACITY
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truthfulness;
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VERBOSE
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using too many words; not succinct; circumlocutory;
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VERDANT
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covered with green plants; leafy; inexperience;
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VERGE
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brinkborder; brink; edge;
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VERISIMILITUDE
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similarity to reality; the appearance of truth; looking like real thing;
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VERITY
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veracity; the quality of being true; something true;
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VERNACULAR
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everyday speech; slang; idiom;
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VESTIGE
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a. remaining bit of something; a last trace;
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VEX
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to annoy; to pester; to confuse;
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VIABLE
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capable of living; workable;
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VICARIOUS
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experienced performed or suffered through someone else; living through the experiences of another as though they were ones own experiences;
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VICISSITUDE
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upheaval; natural change; change in fortune;
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VIE
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to complete; to contest; to struggle;
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VIGILANT
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constantly alert; watchful; wary;
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VIGNETTE
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a. small decorative design or drawing; a short literary sketch; a brief but expressive scene in a play or movie;
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VILIFY
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to say vile things about; to defame;
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VINDICATE
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to clear from all blame or suspicion; to justify;
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VINDICTIVE
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seeking revenge;
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VIRTUOSO
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a. masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field;
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VIRULENT
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extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate;
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VISCOUS
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sticky; hick; gluey; sticky;
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VISIONARY
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a. dreamer; someone with impractical goals or ideas about the future;
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VITIATE
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to make impure; to pollute;
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VITRIOLIC
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caustic; full of bitterness;
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VIVACIOUS
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lively; animated; full of pep;
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VOCATION
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an occupation; a job;
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VOCIFEROUS
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loud; noisy;
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VOGUE
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fashion; vague fashion; style;
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VOLATILE
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quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive;
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VOLITION
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will; conscious choice;
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VOLUMINOUS
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large; extensive; having great volume;
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VOLUPTUOUS
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pleasant to the senses; luxurious; pleasure seeking; extra full and shapely;
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VORACIOUS
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having a huge appetite; ravenously;
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