Lesson 53   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
venom
verbose
versatile
vertical
vestige
viable
vibrant
vicarious
vigilant
vindictive
virtuoso
virulent
vista
vivacious
vivid
vociferous
vogue
volatile
voluminous
voluptuous
wanton
warranty
waver
whet
whimsical
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      whimsical 1. full of or characterized by sudden or odd notions, desires, jokes, or the like; capricious or fanciful; vagarious; whimsied; wayward
___________________________ 2. having numerous skills or abilities; able to do many different things; ambidextrous; all-around
___________________________ 3. such an avenue or passage, esp. when formally planned; outlook; lookout
___________________________ 4. the condition or quality of being generally popular, approved, or accepted; dernier; fashion; trend
___________________________ 5. aggressively malignant, infectious, or disease-producing; mephitic; toxicant
___________________________ 6. full and alluring in shape; sensual
___________________________ 7. full of life; lively; animated; colory; gay; brave
___________________________ 8. disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful; wreakful
___________________________ 9. to make keen or eager; stimulate; sharpen; edge
___________________________ 10. a person who demonstrates exceptional ability, style, or skill, esp. in music; professional; dabster
___________________________ 11. characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy; prolix; palaverous; redundant
___________________________ 12. taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute.
___________________________ 13. crying out noisily; clamorous; loudmouthed; boisterous; dinsome
___________________________ 14. to flicker or quiver, as light; falter; stagger; halt
___________________________ 15. displaying or characterized by pulsation or vibration of sound or energy; resonating; round; sonorant; orotund
___________________________ 16. lively; animated; gay; cant
___________________________ 17. keenly watchful to detect danger; wary; wakeful; alert
___________________________ 18. the poisonous fluid that some animals, as certain snakes and spiders, secrete and introduce into the bodies of their victims by biting, stinging, etc; bane; contagion; virus
___________________________ 19. capable of germinating, growing, or developing, as a living organism or social organization; workable; possible; practicable
___________________________ 20. an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant; guaranty; security
___________________________ 21. of, pertaining to, or situated at the vertex; plumb; straight-up
___________________________ 22. tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive; bouncy; expansive; airy
___________________________ 23. forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes; sundry; legion; multitudinal
___________________________ 24. disregarding what is considered right and humane; unjustifiable; whorish; riggish
___________________________ 25. a surviving evidence or remainder of some condition, practice, etc; shadow; relic; memento