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Essential Vocabulary
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QUICK REVIEW #85
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

1. verifiable a. extreme
2. verisimilitude b. destruction
3. verity c. annoy
4. vestige d. energy
5. vex e. watchful
6. vicarious f. goodness

7. victory g. apparently true
8. vigilant h. trace
9. vigor i. ascertainable
10. violence j. substituted
11. violent k. truth
12. virtue l. triumph

viscous (VIS kis) adj. 1. having the consistency of a sticky, coherent fluid; viscid;
2. having viscosity
• The viscous quality of motor oil is what causes it to adhere to engine parts
and protect them against wear.
• How viscous a 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 vitality one has.
• I’ve seen 80-year-olds with the vitality of 20-somethings, and vice versa.
• A chocolate bar can give one some instant vitality.
• The vitality of 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 vitiates the authenticity
of an Alfredo sauce.
• The Roman Empire’s morality vitiated long before the empire crumbled.
• Failure to abide by the limits of the contract will serve to vitiate it.
[-d vitiating] [Syn. weaken]
vocalization (VOH kil i ZAY shin) n. an utterance; something sung or spoken;
an articulation
• The mayor gave vocalization to his concern about balancing the budget.
• The vocalizations of the tenor at last night’s performance were without
equal in Mary’s experience.