Words to Live By

English Vocabulary Index

Words to Live By for 17th December :

  1. Vogue (n) : fashion, mode, practice


  2. Voice (n) : the sound made by the speech organs


  3. Voice (v) : declare, express


  4. Voidable (adj.) : that can be evacuated


  5. Voile (n) : thin cloth


  6. Volatile (adj.) : evaporating, changing quickly


  7. Volcanic (adj.) : of or from or like a volcano, easily irritated, likely to burst open


  8. Volcano (n) : a burning mountain


  9. Volley (n) : a shower of arrows


  10. Volley (v) : strike before reaching the earth


  11. Voluble (adj.) : over-eloquent


  12. Voluble (adv.) : volubly


  13. Voluble (n) : volubility


  14. Volume (n) : a book, one book in a set of books, amount of space, occupied


  15. Voluminous (adj.) : of great volume, bulky


  16. Voluntary (adj.) : acting freely and willingly


  17. Voluptuous (adj.) : of or for tempting or given up to sensual pleasure


  18. Vomit (v) : throw out the contents of the stomach through the mouth, eject


  19. Voracious (adj.) : greedy for eating, very hungry, rapacious


  20. Vortex (n) : a whirlwind, an eddy


  21. Votary (n) : devotee


  22. Vote (n) : the expression of choice, suffrage


  23. Voter (n) : one who votes or has the right to vote


  24. Vouch (v): attest, beat witness, guarantee


  25. Voucher (n) : document confirming the truth


  26. Vouchsafe (n) : to condescend, to grant


  27. Vow (n) : a solemn promise, an oath, a pledge


  28. Vow (v) : make vows


  29. Vowel (n) : a letter representing a sound uttered by opening the mouth


  30. Voyage (n) : a journey by ship


  31. Vulcan (n) : Roman god of fire


  32. Vulcanite (n) : plastic made from sulphur and rubber


  33. Vulcanize (v) : harden by treating with sulphur at high temperature


  34. Vulgar (adj.) : coarse, not nice


  35. Vulgarity (n) : rudeness


  36. Vulnerable (adj.) : capable of being wounded


  37. Vulpine (adj.) : like a fox crafty


  38. Vulture (n) : a large rapacious bird of prey


  39. Vying (v) : present participle of VIE, competing


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