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Boda Vocab 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Turpitude | depravity; wickedness |
| Ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent; everyday and ordinary |
| Unprecedented | without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled; the first of its kind |
| Urbane | having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities; polished and refined |
| Utilitarian | having usefulness rather than beauty or ornamentation |
| Vacillate | to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute; hesitate |
| Veracity | habitual observance of truth in a speech or statement; truthfulness |
| Verbose | characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy |
| Vicarious | taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute; substituting |
| Vicissitude | a change or variation occurring in the course of something; upheaval, usually natural |
| Vilify | to speak ill of; defame; slander |
| Virulent | actively poisonous; highly infective, malignant, or deadly |
| Vitiate | to impair the quality of; make faulty; to spoil |
| Vitriolic | cruel or bitter criticism |
| Vociferous | crying out noisily; clamorous; offensively loud and noisy |
| Volition | the power of using one’s will; the act of making a conscious choice; |
| Wanton | done, shown, or used maliciously or unjustifiably; unruly; flagrant |
| Willful | deliberate, voluntary, or intentional; self |
| Wistful | characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning |
| Zealous | having or showing great enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective; fervent devotion to something |