| Question |
Answer |
| Volatile |
easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive |
| Vituperate |
to abuse verbally; berate |
| Viscous |
thick and adhesive, like a slow-flowing fluid |
| Vim |
vitality and energy |
| Vicissitude |
a change or variation; ups and downs |
| Winsome |
charming; happily engaging |
| Wan |
sickly pale |
| Wanton |
undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless |
| Waver |
to fluctuate between choices |
| Whimisical |
lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable |
| Vex |
to annoy; irritate; puzzle; confuse |
| Vestige |
to trace; remnant |
| Vernal |
related to spring; fresh |
| Verdant |
green with vegetation; inexperienced |
| Verbose |
wordy |
| Wily |
clever, deceptive |
| Yoke |
to join together |
| Zeal |
passion; excitement |
| Zealot |
someone passionately devoted to a cause |
| Zephyr |
a gentle breeze; something airy or unsubstantial |
| Voluble |
talkative; speaking easily; glib |
| Wizened |
shriveled; withered; wrinkled |
| Wraith |
a ghost or spector; a ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death |
| Xenophobia |
a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers |
| Zenith |
the point of culmination; peak |
| Veracity |
filled with truth and accuracy |
| Venerate |
to respect deeply |
| Venerable |
respected because of age |
| Variegated |
varied; marked with different colors |
| Vacillate |
to physically sway or to be indecisive |
| Usury |
the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates |
| Upbraid |
to scold sharply |
| Unequivocal |
absolute; certain |
| Unconscionable |
unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust |
| Umbrage |
offense; resentment |
| Tyro |
beginner; novice |
| Turgid |
swollen as from a fluid; bloated |
| Trenchant |
acute, sharp, or incisive; forceful; effective |
| Transitory |
temporary; lasting a brief time |
| Torpor |
extreme mental and physical sluggishness |
| Tome |
book, usually large and academic |
| Toady |
one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors |
| Tirade |
lang, harsh speech or verbal attack |
| Terrestrial |
earthly; down-to-earth; commonplace |
| Tawdry |
gaudy, cheap, or showy |
| Tangential |
digressing; diverting |
| Talon |
claw of an animal, especially a bird of prey |
| Taciturn |
silent; not talkative |
| Tacit |
done without using words |
| Syncopation |
temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
| Symbiosis |
cooperation; mutual helpfulness |
| Sycophant |
a self-serving flatterer; yes-man |
| Sybarite |
a person devoted to pleasure and luxury |
| Surly |
rude and bad-tempered |
| Surfeit |
excessive amount |
| Supplant |
to replace (another) by force; to take the place of |
| Sully |
to tarnish; taint |
| Sublime |
lofty or grand |
| Stratagem |
trick designed to deceive an enemy |
| Stolid |
unemotional; lacking sensitivity |
| Stigma |
a mark of shame or discredit |
| Stentorian |
extremely loud |
| Stasis |
a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation |
| Sportive |
frolicsome; playful |
| Specious |
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious |
| Spartan |
highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere |
| Soporific |
causing sleep or lethary |
| Solecism |
grammatical mistake; blunder in speeach |
| Sobriquet |
nickname |
| Slake |
to calm down or moderate |
| Sinecure |
a well-paying job or office that riquires little or no work |
| Seraphic |
angelic; sweet |
| Sentient |
aware; conscious; able to perceive |
| Sedition |
behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state |
| Scintilla |
trace amount |
| Satiate |
to satisfy fully or overindulge |
| Sardonic |
cynical; scornfully mocking |
| Sanguine |
ruddy; cheerfully optimistic |
| Salubrious |
healthful |
| Salient |
prominent; of notable significance |
| Sagacious |
shrewd; wise |
| Sacrosanct |
extremely sacred; beyond criticism |
| Rustic |
rural |
| Rococo |
very highly ornamented; relating to an 18th century artistic style of elaborate ornamentation |
| Ribald |
humorous in a vulgar way |
| Rhetoric |
effective writing or speaking |
| Reticent |
silent; reserved |
| Restive |
impatient, uneasy, or restless |
| Requite |
to return or repay |
| Repudiate |
to reject the validity of |
| Repose |
relaxation; leisure |
| Replete |
abundantly supplied; complete |
| Repast |
meal or mealtime |
| Rejoinder |
response |
| Redress |
relief from wrong or injury |
| Rarefy |
to make thinner or sparser |
| Raconteur |
witty, skillful storyteller |
| Quotidian |
occurring daily; commonplace |
| Quiescent |
motionless |
| Quixotic |
overly idealistic; impractical |