IELTS Exam Vocabulary List - V
- vacate v. To leave.
- vaccinate v. To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox.
- vacillate v. To waver.
- vacuous adj. Empty.
- vacuum n. A space entirely devoid of matter.
- vagabond n. A wanderer.
- vagrant n. An idle wanderer.
- vainglory n. Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
- vale n. Level or low land between hills.
- valediction n. A bidding farewell.
- valedictorian n. Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution.
- valedictory n. A parting address.
- valid adj. Founded on truth.
- valorous adj. Courageous.
- vapid adj. Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.
- vaporizer n. An atomizer.
- variable adj. Having a tendency to change.
- variance n. Change.
- variant n. A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance.
- variation n. Modification.
- variegate v. To mark with different shades or colors.
- vassal n. A slave or bondman.
- vaudeville n. A variety show.
- vegetal adj. Of or pertaining to plants.
- vegetarian n. One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable.
- vegetate v. To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties.
- vegetation n. Plant-life in the aggregate.
- vegetative adj. Pertaining to the process of plant-life.
- vehement adj. Very eager or urgent.
- velocity n. Rapid motion.
- velvety adj. Marked by lightness and softness.
- venal adj. Mercenary, corrupt.
- vendible adj. Marketable.
- vendition n. The act of selling.
- vendor n. A seller.
- veneer n. Outside show or elegance.
- venerable adj. Meriting or commanding high esteem.
- venerate v. To cherish reverentially.
- venereal adj. Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.
- venial adj. That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin.
- venison n. The flesh of deer.
- venom n. The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete.
- venous adj. Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins.
- veracious adj. Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
- veracity n. Truthfulness.
- verbatim adv. Word for word.
- verbiage n. Use of many words without necessity.
- verbose adj. Wordy.
- verdant adj. Green with vegetation.
- verification n. The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.
- verify v. To prove to be true, exact, or accurate.
- verily adv. In truth.
- verity n. Truth.
- vermin n. A noxious or troublesome animal.
- vernacular n. The language of one's country.
- vernal adj. Belonging to or suggestive of the spring.
- versatile adj. Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.
- version n. A description or report of something as modified by one's character or opinion.
- vertex n. Apex.
- vertical adj. Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon.
- vertigo n. Dizziness.
- vestige n. A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.
- vestment n. Clothing or covering.
- veto n. The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.
- vicarious adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.
- viceroy n. A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.
- vicissitude n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.
- vie v. To contend.
- vigilance n. Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.
- vigilant adj. Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety.
- vignette n. A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.
- vincible adj. Conquerable.
- vindicate v. To prove true, right, or real.
- vindicatory adj. Punitive.
- vindicative adj. Revengeful.
- vinery n. A greenhouse for grapes.
- viol n. A stringed instrument of the violin class.
- viola n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.
- violator n. One who transgresses.
- violation n. Infringement.
- violoncello n. A stringed instrument held between the player's knees.
- virago n. A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.
- virile adj. Masculine.
- virtu n. Rare, curious, or beautiful quality.
- virtual adj. Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.
- virtuoso n. A master in the technique of some particular fine art.
- virulence n. Extreme poisonousness.
- virulent adj. Exceedingly noxious or deleterious.
- visage n. The face, countenance, or look of a person.
- viscount n. In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage.
- vista n. A view or prospect.
- visual adj. Perceptible by sight.
- visualize v. To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.
- vitality n. The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance.
- vitalize v. To endow with life or energy.
- vitiate v. To contaminate.
- vituperable adj. Deserving of censure.
- vivacity n. Liveliness.
- vivify v. To endue with life.
- vivisection n. The dissection of a living animal.
- vocable n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.
- vocative adj. Of or pertaining to the act of calling.
- vociferance n. The quality of making a clamor.
- vociferate v. To utter with a loud and vehement voice.
- vociferous adj. Making a loud outcry.
- vogue n. The prevalent way or fashion.
- volant adj. Flying or able to fly.
- volatile adj. Changeable.
- volition n. An act or exercise of will.
- volitive adj. Exercising the will.
- voluble adj. Having great fluency in speaking.
- voluptuous adj. having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.
- voracious adj. Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.
- vortex n. A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.
- votary adj. Consecrated by a vow or promise.
- votive adj. Dedicated by a vow.
- vulgarity n. Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.
- vulnerable adj. Capable of receiving injuries.
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