VA'NISH, _v.n._ lose perceptible existence; disappear; be lost; pass away
VA'RIEGATE, _v.a._ diversify; stain with different colours
VA'RIOUS, _a._ different; several; diversified
VA'RY, _v.a._ change; change to something else
VA'TICAN, _s._ the palace of the Pope at Rome
VEGETA'TION, _s._ the power of producing the growth of plants
VEGETA'TIVE, _a._ having the power to produce growth in plants
VE'NERABLE, _a._ old; to be treated with reverence
VENTILA'TOR, _s._ an instrument contrived to supply close places with fresh air
VE'NTURE, _v.n._ dare; run hazard; engage in
VE'RIFY, _v.n._ justify against the charge of falsehood; confirm; to prove true
VE'SSEL, _s._ any capacity; anything containing; the containing parts of an animal body
VESU'VIUS, _s._ a burning mountain near Naples
VICI'NITY, _s._ nearness; state of being near
VICI'SSITUDE, _s._ regular change; revolution
VI'CTIM, _s._ sacrifice; something destroyed
VI'GIL, _s._ watch; a fast kept before a holiday
VI'GOROUS, _a._ full of strength and life
VI'GOROUSLY, _ad._ energetically; forcibly; with force; without weakness
VI'LLAGE, _s._ a small collection of houses
VI'NDICATE, _v.a._ justify; clear; assert; revenge
VI'NTAGE, _s._ the produce of the vine for the year; the time in which grapes are gathered
VI'OLENT, _a._ forcible; unseasonably vehement
VI'PER, _s._ a serpent; anything mischievous
VI'RULENT, _a._ poisonous; venomous; poisoned in the mind; malignant
VI'SIBLE, _a._ perceptible by the eye; apparent
VI'SION, _s._ sight; the faculty of seeing; the act of seeing; a supernatural appearance; a spectre; a phantom; a dream; something shown in a dream
VI'TIATE, _v.a._ deprave; spoil; make less pure
VO'TARY, _s._ one devoted, as by a vow, to any particular service, worship, study, or state of life
WEA'PON, _s._ an instrument of offence; something with which one is armed to hurt another
WI'STFUL, _a._ attentive; earnest; full of thought
WO'NDERFUL, _a._ admirable; strange; astonishing
ZOOLO'GICAL, _a._ that which relates to animals
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