Monday, April 7, 2008

Vestige

Vestige
(n.) a mark or trace of something lost or vanished.
Do you know if the mexican tortilla is a vestige of some form of aztec corn based flat bread.

Veracity

Veracity
(n.) truthfulness, accuracy
With several agencies regulating the reports, it was difficult for raja to argue against their veracity.

Venerate

Venerate.
(v.) to regard with respect, to honor
The tribute to John Lennon sough to venerate his music, his words and his legend.

Vapid

Vapid
(adj.) lacking liveliness, dull
The professor's comments about the poem were surprisingly vapid and dull.

Variegated

Variegated
(adj.) diversified, distinctly marked
Each wire in the engineering exam was variegated by color so that he students could figure out which one was which.

Veneer

Veneer
(n.) a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, facade
Thanks to her Chanel makeup, Shannen was able to maintain a veneer of perfection that hid that flaws underneath.

Venerable

Venerable
(adj.) deserving of respect because of age or achievement
The venerable Supreme court justice has made several key rulings in landmark cases throughout the years.

Verbose

Verbose
(adj.) wordy, impaired by wordiness
It took the verbose teacher two hours to explain the topic,while it should have taken only fifteen minutes.

Verdent

Verdent
(adj.) green in tint or color
The verdant leaves on the trees made the world look emerald.

Vex

Vex.
(v.) to cnfse or annoy
My little brother vexes me by poking me in the ribs for hours on end.

Vicarious

Vicarious
(adj.) experiencing through another
All of my lame friends learned to be social through vicarious involvement on my amazing experiences.

Vicissitude

Vicissitude
(n.) event that occurs by chance
The vicissitudes of daily life prevent me form predicting what might happen from one day to the next.