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Words starting with “V”

(78 Words with Meaning in English)

1. vacillate   waver
2. vacuous  inane, empty
3. vagary  whim
4. vain  unsuccessful
5. vainglorious   conceited
6. valediction   farewell speech
7. valiant   brave
8. validate  affirm, authenticate
9. valor  bravery
10. vanguard  leading position
11. vanquish  conquer
12. vapid  vacuous, insipid
13. variance   discrepancy
14. vassal  subject,  subordinate
15. vaunt   brag
16. vehement  adamant
17. venal  mercenary, for the sake of money
18. vendetta  grudge, feud
19. veneer  false front, facade
20. venerable  revered
21. venial  excusable
22. venom  poison, spite
23. venture  risk, speculate
24. venturesome  bold, risky
25. venue  location
26. veracity  truthfulness
27. veranda  porch
28. verbatim  word for word, literal
29. verbose  wordy
30. verdant  green, lush
31. verdict  decision, judgment
32. vernacular  common speech
33. vertigo  dizziness
34. vestige  trace,  remnant
35. veto  reject
36. vex  annoy
37. viable  capable of surviving, feasible
38. viaduct  waterway
39. viand  food
40. vicious   evil,  cruel
41. vicissitude   changing fortunes
42. victuals   food
43. vie  compete
44. vigil  watch, sentry duty
45. vigilant   on  guard
46. vignette    scene
47. vigor   vitality
48. vilify  defame,  malign
49. vindicate  free from blame
50. vindictive   revengeful
51. virile   manly, strong
52. virtuoso  highly skilled artist
53. virulent  deadly, poisonous, infectious
54. visage  facial expression
55. viscid   thick, gummy
56. visitation   a formal visit
57. vital  necessary
58. vitiate   spoil, ruin
59. vitreous   glassy
60. vitriolic    scathing
61. vituperative  abusive, critical language
62. vivacious   lively, high-spirited
63. vivid  lifelike, clear
64. vivisection   experimentation on animals, dissection
65. vocation   occupation
66. vociferous  adamant, clamoring
67. vogue  fashion, chic
68. volant   agile
69. volatile  unstable, precarious
70. volition   free will
71. voluble   talkative
72. voluminous   bulky, extensive
73. voracious    hungry
74. votary  fan, aficionado
75. vouchsafe  confer, bestow
76. vulgarity   obscenity
77. vulnerable  susceptible
78. vulpine  fox-like,  cunning

Words starting with “W”

(40 Words with Meaning in English)

1. wager  bet
2. waggish   playful
3. waive  forego
4. wallow   indulge
5. wan  pale, pallid, listless
6. wane  dissipate, wither
7. want  need, poverty, lack of
8. wanton  lewd, abandoned, gratuitous
9. warrant  justification
10. wary  guarded, cautious
11. wastrel  spendthrift
12. waylay  ambush, accost
13. wean  remove from nursing, break a habit
14. weir  dam
15. welter  confusion, hodgepodge
16. wheedle  to coax with flattery
17. whet  stimulate
18. whiffle   vacillate
19. whimsical   capricious, playful
20. wield  exercise control
21. willful  deliberate, wanton
22. wily  shrewd, crafty
23. wince  cringe
24. windfall   bonus, boon
25. winnow  separate
26. winsome  charmingly innocent
27. wistful  sad yearning, melancholy
28. wither  shrivel
29. wizened  shriveled
30. woe  anguish, despair
31. wont  custom, habit
32. woo  court, seek favor
33. wraith   ghost
34. wrath  anger, fury
35. wreak  to inflict something violent
36. wrest  snatch
37. wretched  miserable
38. writ  summons, court order
39. writhe  contort, thrash about
40. wry  twisted, ironic sense of humor

Words starting with “X”

(3 Words with Meaning in English)

1. xenophillic   attraction to strangers
2. xenophobia  fear of foreigners
3. xylophone   musical percussion instrument

Words starting with “Y”

(5 Words with Meaning in English)

1. yarn  story, tale
2. yearn  desire strongly
3. yen  desire, yearning
4. yore  long ago
5. Young Turks  reformers

Words starting with “Z”

(4 Words with Meaning in English)

1. zeal  earnestness, passion
2. zealot  fanatic
3. zenith   summit
4. zephyr  gentle breeze

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