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valuation, n. apprais.e.m.e.nt, appraisal.
value, n. worth, excellence.
value, v. appraise; prize, esteem, appreciate.
vamose, v. (Slang) decamp, depart quickly, go.
vampire, n. extortioner, bloodsucker.
vandal, n. destroyer, iconoclast, hun.
vanish, v. See disappear.
vanis.h.i.+ng, a. evanescent, disappearing, transient.--n.
disappearance, evanescence.
vanity, n. unsubstantialness, unreality, inanity, delusiveness, emptiness, sham; conceit, self-admiration, egotism.
vanquish, v. overcome, defeat, subjugate, subdue, rout, overpower.
vanquishment, n. defeat, subjugation, routing, conquering.
vapid, a. lifeless, spiritless; insipid, stale, tasteless; prosy, tame.
vapidity, n. lifelessness; insipidity, tastelessness; prosiness, tameness.
vapor, n. gas, haze, fog, fume, effluvium, exhalation, reek, emanation, rack. a.s.sociated Words: atmology, atmolysis, atomize, atomization, exhale, emanate.
vaporize, v. evaporate.
vaporous, a. halituous, vapory, foggy.
variability, n. variableness, mutability, inconstancy, unsteadfastness.
variable, a. mutable, changeable. See changeable. Antonyms: invariable, unchangeable.
variance, n. change, alteration; dissension, disagreement, difference, nonconformity.
variation, n. mutation, change; deviation, diversity, discrepancy; diversification.
varied, a. various, diversified, different, motley.
variegated, a. mottled, diversified, motley, divers-colored, party-colored, polychrome.
variety, n. diversity, diversification, multiplicity, variousness; a.s.sortment, collection; kind, cla.s.s, species.
various, a. manifold, diverse, sundry, numerous, multifarious.
varnish, v. lacquer, j.a.pan, enamel, glaze; gloss over, palliate, extenuate.
varnish, n. lacquer; gloss, palliation, extenuation.
vary, v. diversify, variegate, modify; deviate, depart, swerve; disagree; modify, alternate.
va.s.sal, n. feudatory, beneficiary, subject, liege, liegeman.
vast, a. s.p.a.cious, immense, monstrous, huge, extensive, immeasurable.
vault, n. crypt, tomb, catacomb, ossuarium.
vault, v. leap over, spring, bound, jump; tumble.
vaulted, a. arched, concave.
vaunt, v. See boast.
veal, n. a.s.sociated Word: vituline.
veering, n. s.h.i.+ft, s.h.i.+fting; vacillation, tergiversation; temporizing, time-serving.
vegetable, n. plant, truck.
vegetable oyster. salsify.
vegetate, v. sprout, grow, germinate, pullulate; rusticate, hibernate.
vehemence, n. fervency, impetuosity, intensity, zeal. See ardor.
vehement, a. fervent, impetuous, ardent, pa.s.sionate, eager.
vehicle, n. conveyance, carriage; medium, instrument; excipient.
veil, v. screen, cloak, disguise, shroud, mask, conceal.
veil, n. disguise, pretense, cloak, mask, mantilla.
veiled, a. hidden, disguised, incognito.
vein, n. a.s.sociated Word: venous. See blood vessel.
vein, n. seam, lode.
venal, a. purchasable, mercenary, hireling.
vend, v. See sell.
venerate, v. reverence, revere, honor, esteem.
veneration, n. reverence, honor.
