| Question |
Answer |
| ubiquitous |
being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time/omnipresent |
| unassuming |
not pretentious/modest |
| unawares |
by surprise/unexpectedly |
| uncouth |
crude/unrefined/awkward |
| unruly |
difficult to govern/impossible to discipline |
| unscrupulous |
unprincipled/lacking ethical values |
| unwitting |
unaware/not knowing |
| upshot |
outcome/result |
| usurp |
to illegally seize the power or rights from another |
| usury |
lending of money at outrageously high interest/loan sharking |
| vacillate |
to waver from one side to the other/oscillate |
| vacuity |
emptiness/vacuum |
| vainglorious |
vain/boastful |
| valor |
courage/bravery |
| vehement |
with ardor/energetically or violently forceful |
| ver- |
truth |
| veracity |
truthfulness/accuracy |
| verisimilar |
appearing to be true or possible |
| veritable |
unquestionable/actual/true |
| verity |
statement or belief considered to be the permanent truth |
| verbose |
excessively wordy |
| vex |
to irritate or bother |
| vexation |
the act of vexing |
| vilify |
to slander/to defame |
| vindicate |
to clear of blame or suspicion |
| vindictive |
vengeful |
| vivacious |
animated/full of energy/lively |
| vociferous |
obnoxiously loud |
| voluble |
fluent in speech |
| voracious |
eager to consume mounds of food |
| vulnerable |
unprotected |
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