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undue \adj. More than sufficient
undulate \v. To move like a wave or in waves
undulous \adj. Resembling waves
unfavorable \adj. Adverse
ungainly \adj. Clumsy
unguent \n. Any ointment or lubricant for local application
unicellular \adj. Consisting of a single cell. 
univalence \n. Monovalency
unify \v. To cause to be one
unique \adj. Being the only one of its kind
unison \n. A condition of perfect agreement and accord
unisonant \adj. Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord
Unitarian \adj. Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity
unlawful \adj. Illegal
unlimited \adj. Unconstrained
unnatural \adj. Artificial
unnecessary \adj. Not essential under the circumstances
unsettle \v. To put into confusion
unsophisticated \adj. Showing inexperience
unspeakable \adj. Abominable
untimely \adj. Unseasonable
untoward \adj. Causing annoyance or hindrance
unutterable \adj. Inexpressible
unwieldy \adj. Moved or managed with difficulty, as from great size or awkward shape
unwise \adj. Foolish
unyoke \v. To separate
up-keep \n. Maintenance
upbraid \v. To reproach as deserving blame
upcast \n. A throwing upward
upheaval \n. Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition
upheave \v. To raise or lift with effort
uppermost \adj. First in order of precedence
uproarious \adj. Noisy
uproot \v. To eradicate
upturn \v. To throw into confusion
urban \adj. Of, or pertaining to, or like a city
urbanity \n. Refined or elegant courtesy
urchin \n. A roguish, mischievous boy
urgency \n. The pressure of necessity
usage \n. Treatment
usurious \adj. Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned
usurp \v. To take possession of by force
usury \n. The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law
utilitarianism \n. The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.
utility \n. Fitness for some desirable practical purpose
utmost \n. The greatest possible extent
vacate \v. To leave
vaccinate \v. To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox
vacillate \v. To waver
vacuous \adj. Empty
vacuum \n. A space entirely devoid of matter
vagabond \n. A wanderer
vagrant \n. An idle wanderer
vainglory \n. Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity
vale \n. Level or low land between hills
valediction \n. A bidding farewell
valedictorian \n. Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution
valedictory \n. A parting address
valid \adj. Founded on truth
valorous \adj. Courageous
vapid \adj. Having lost sparkling quality and flavor
vaporizer \n. An atomizer
variable \adj. Having a tendency to change
variance \n. Change
variant \n. A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or substance
variation \n. Modification
variegate \v. To mark with different shades or colors
vassal \n. A slave or bondman
vaudeville \n. A variety show
vegetal \adj. Of or pertaining to plants
vegetarian \n. One who believes in the theory that man's food should be exclusively vegetable
vegetate \v. To live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties
vegetation \n. Plant-life in the aggregate
vegetative \adj. Pertaining to the process of plant-life
vehement \adj. Very eager or urgent
velocity \n. Rapid motion
velvety \adj. Marked by lightness and softness
venal \adj. Mercenary, corrupt
vendible \adj. Marketable
vendition \n. The act of selling
vendor \n. A seller
veneer \n. Outside show or elegance
venerable \adj. Meriting or commanding high esteem
venerate \v. To cherish reverentially
venereal \adj. Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse
venial \adj. That may be pardoned or forgiven, a forgivable sin
venison \n. The flesh of deer
venom \n. The poisonous fluid that certain animals secrete
venous \adj. Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins
veracious \adj. Habitually disposed to speak the truth
veracity \n. Truthfulness
verbatim \adv. Word for word
verbiage \n. Use of many words without necessity
verbose \adj. Wordy
verdant \adj. Green with vegetation
verification \n. The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate
verify \v. To prove to be true, exact, or accurate
verily \adv. In truth
verity \n. Truth
vermin \n. A noxious or troublesome animal
vernacular \n. The language of one's country
vernal \adj. Belonging to or suggestive of the spring
versatile \adj. Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects
version \n. A description or report of something as modified by one's character or opinion
vertex \n. Apex
vertical \adj. Lying or directed perpendicularly to the horizon
vertigo \n. Dizziness
vestige \n. A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone
vestment \n. Clothing or covering
veto \n. The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment
vicarious \adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another
viceroy \n. A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province
vicissitude \n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune
vie \v. To contend
vigilance \n. Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger
vigilant \adj. Being on the alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety
vignette \n. A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually
vincible \adj. Conquerable
vindicate \v. To prove true, right, or real
vindicatory \adj. Punitive
vindicative \adj. Revengeful
vinery \n. A greenhouse for grapes
viol \n. A stringed instrument of the violin class
viola \n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin
violator \n. One who transgresses
violation \n. Infringement
violoncello \n. A stringed instrument held between the player's knees
virago \n. A bold, impudent, turbulent woman. 
virile \adj. Masculine
virtu \n. Rare, curious, or beautiful quality
virtual \adj. Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance
virtuoso \n. A master in the technique of some particular fine art
virulence \n. Extreme poisonousness
virulent \adj. Exceedingly noxious or deleterious
visage \n. The face, countenance, or look of a person
viscount \n. In England, a title of nobility, ranking fourth in the order of British peerage
vista \n. A view or prospect
visual \adj. Perceptible by sight
visualize \v. To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation
vitality \n. The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance
vitalize \v. To endow with life or energy
vitiate \v. To contaminate
vituperable \adj. Deserving of censure
vivacity \n. Liveliness
vivify \v. To endue with life
vivisection \n. The dissection of a living animal
vocable \n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound
vocative \adj. Of or pertaining to the act of calling
vociferance \n. The quality of making a clamor
vociferate \v. To utter with a loud and vehement voice
vociferous \adj. Making a loud outcry
vogue \n. The prevalent way or fashion
volant \adj. Flying or able to fly
volatile \adj. Changeable
volition \n. An act or exercise of will
volitive \adj. Exercising the will
voluble \adj. Having great fluency in speaking
voluptuous \adj. having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality
voracious \adj. Eating with greediness or in very large quantities
vortex \n. A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.
votary \adj. Consecrated by a vow or promise
votive \adj. Dedicated by a vow
vulgarity \n. Lack of refinement in conduct or speech
vulnerable \adj. Capable of receiving injuries
waif \n. A homeless, neglected wanderer
waistcoat \n. A vest
waive \v. To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim
wampum \n. Beads strung on threads, formerly used among the American Indians as currency
wane \v. To diminish in size and brilliancy
wantonness \n. Recklessness
warlike \adj. Belligerent
wavelet \n. A ripple
weak-kneed \adj. Without resolute purpose or energy
weal \n. Well-being
wean \v. To transfer (the young) from dependence on mother's milk to another form of nourishment
wearisome \adj. Fatiguing
wee \adj. Very small
well-bred \adj. Of good ancestry
well-doer \n. A performer of moral and social duties
well-to-do \adj. In prosperous circumstances
whereabouts \n. The place in or near which a person or thing is
whereupon \adv. After which
wherever \adv. In or at whatever place
wherewith \n. The necessary means or resources
whet \v. To make more keen or eager
whimsical \adj. Capricious
whine \v. To utter with complaining tone
wholly \adv. Completely
wield \v. To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command
wile \n. An act or a means of cunning deception
winsome \adj. Attractive
wintry \adj. Lacking warmth of manner
wiry \adj. Thin, but tough and sinewy
witchcraft \n. Sorcery
witless \adj. Foolish, indiscreet, or silly
witling \n. A person who has little understanding
witticism \n. A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment
wittingly \adv. With knowledge and by design
wizen \v. To become or cause to become withered or dry
wizen-faced \adj. Having a shriveled face
working-man \n. One who earns his bread by manual labor. 
workmanlike \adj. Like or befitting a skilled workman
workmanship \n. The art or skill of a workman
wrangle \v. To maintain by noisy argument or dispute
wreak \v. To inflict, as a revenge or punishment
wrest \v. To pull or force away by or as by violent twisting or wringing
wretchedness \n. Extreme misery or unhappiness
writhe \v. To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress
writing \n. The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs
wry \adj. Deviating from that which is proper or right
yearling \n. A young animal past its first year and not yet two years old
zealot \n. One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner
zeitgeist \n. The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch
zenith \n. The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness
zephyr \n. Any soft, gentle wind
zodiac \n. An imaginary belt encircling the heavens within which are the larger planets
