Vocabulary - List 12 (V-W-X-Y-Z)

 VOCAB  LIST – 12 (V-W-X-Y-Z)
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** vacations

(n.) holidays

* During the summer vacations,this year Roma will go to Singapore.

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** vocation

(n.) profession

* One should choose one's vocation according to one's liking.

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** vain

(adj.) useless

* Hary made a vein attempt to win the favor of others.

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** vein

(n.) blood vessel

* The impure blood flows through the vein.

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** veracity

(n.) truthfulness

* Nobody doubted the veracity of Gandhiji's statement.

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** voracity

(n.) greediness

* Henry fell to the meals with voracity as he was very hungry.

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** verbose

(adj.) full of words

* Nobody likes Jack's verbose style of talking.

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** vassal

(n.) a political slave

* The vassal brought to the native land after a long time.

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** vessel

(n.) utensil

* We need a bigger utensil to propare the brew.

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** virtual

(adj.) real

* Ramesh is the virtual manager because Mr. James is a weak person.

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** virtuous

(adj.) morally good

* His virtuous nature never allows him to indulge in criminal activities.

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** waft

(v.) move gently by wind or breeze

* The smoke wafted out of the chimney.

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** waive

(v.) to give up; to put off until later

* I will waive my rights to have a lawyer present because I don’t think I need one.

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** wan

(adj.) lacking color; sickly pale

* Her face became wan at the sight of blood.

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** wane

(v.) to gradually become less; to grow dim

* The full moon waned until it was nothing but a sliver in the sky. 

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** wanton

(adj.) unmanageable; unjustifiably malicious

* My wanton hunger must be satiated.

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** warrant

(v.) justify; authorize

* The police official warranted the arrest of the suspect once enough proof had been found.

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** welter

(n.) a confused mass; turmoil

* When the emergency alarm sounded, a welter of shivering office workers formed in the street as people evacuated the site.
 
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** wheedle

(v.) to influence or persuade

* The crook may attempt to wheedle the money from the bank.

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** whet

(v.) to sharpen by rubbing; to stimulate

* The smell of cooking food has whet my appetite.

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** whimsical

(adj.) fanciful; amusing

* Strolling down Disney World’s Main Street is bound to put child and grown-up alike in a whimsical mood.

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** wily

(adj.) concealing; sly

* The wily explanation was meant to confuse the investigator.

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** winsome

(adj.) charming; sweetly attractive

* His winsome words moved the crowd to love him even more.

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** wither

(v.) wilt; shrivel; humiliate; cut down

* The plant withered slowly since it received little light and little water.

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** wizened

(adj.) shriveled; withered

* The wizened face of the old man was covered by his hat.

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** wooden

(adj.) to be expressionless or dull

* The wooden expression of the man made him look like a statue.

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** workaday

(adj.) commonplace

* The workaday meal was not exciting to the world class chef.

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** wrath

(n.) violent or unrestrained anger; fury

* Do not trespass on his property or you will have to deal with his wrath.

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** wreak

(v.) to give vent; to inflict

* The dragon will wreak havoc upon the countryside. 

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** wrest

(v.) to pull or force away by a violent twisting

* The warriors wrest the power from the king. 

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** wretched

(adj.) miserable or unhappy; causing distress

* By being brought up in an orphanage, he had a pretty wretched childhood.

* The continual rain made the vacation fairly wretched.

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** wry

(adj.) mocking; cynical

* He has a wry sense of humor which sometimes hurts people’s feelings.

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** xenophobia

(n.) fear of foreigners

* Xenophobia kept the townspeople from encouraging any immigrants to move into the neighborhood.

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** yoke

(n.) harness; collar; bond

* The jockey led her horse by the yoke around its neck and face.

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** yore

(n.) former period of time

* When he sees his childhood friends, they speak about the days of yore.

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** zealot

(n.) believer; enthusiast; fan

* The zealot followed whatever rules the cult leader set.

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** zenith

(n.) point directly overhead in the sky; highest point

* The sun will reach its zenith at noon.

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** zephyr

(n.) a gentle wind; breeze

* The zephyr blew the boat slowly across the lake.

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