Webster Essential Vocabulary

Quick Review #85.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

238 Essential Vocabulary

1. verifiable


2. verisimilitude


3. verity


4. vestige


5. vex


6. vicarious


7. victory


8. vigilant


9. vigor


10. violence


11. violent


12. virtue

a. extreme

b. destruction

c. annoy

d. energy

e. watchful

f. goodness

g. apparently true

h. trace

i. ascertainable

j. substituted

k. truth

l. triumph

viscous (VIS kis) adj.1. having the consistency of a sticky, coherent fluid; viscid;

2. having viscosity
   
   
   • The viscousquality of motor oil is what causes it to adhere to engine parts
     and protect them against wear.
   
   
   • How viscousa liquid can be expressed scientifically as its coefficient of vis-
     cosity,with water’s coefficient being 1.
     [viscosity n.]
     vitality*(vy TAL i tee) adj. 1. the power to live, or to go on living; 2. life force;
   
   
   
   


3. mental or physical energy; 4. the power of an institution to flourish
   
   
   • The question is not how old one is but how much vitalityone has.
   
   
   • I’ve seen 80-year-olds with the vitalityof 20-somethings, and vice versa.
   
   
   • A chocolate bar can give one some instant vitality.
   
   
   • The vitalityof NATO has been open to question since the end of the Cold War.
     vitiate(VISH ee ayt) vt. 1. to make impure; to spoil; to corrupt; 2. to pervert;
     weaken morally; 3. to invalidate a contract
   
   
   • Using any cheese other than parmigiano reggiano vitiatesthe authenticity
     of an Alfredo sauce.
   
   
   • The Roman Empire’s morality vitiatedlong before the empire crumbled.
   
   
   • Failure to abide by the limits of the contract will serve to vitiateit.
     [-d vitiating] [Syn. weaken]
     vocalization(VOH kil i ZAY shin) n. an utterance; something sung or spoken;
     an articulation
   
   
   • The mayor gave vocalizationto his concern about balancing the budget.
   
   
   • The vocalizationsof the tenor at last night’s performance were without
     equal in Mary’s experience.