Declare someone free from guilt, obligation, or punishment

To make more noticeable or prominent

Growth or increase by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter

Accept something reluctantly but without protest

A natural liking for and understanding of someone or something

Able to use the right and left hands equally well.

Without a clearly defined shape or form

A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fasioned

Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected

Pacify or placate by acceding to their demands.

Make an unpleasant feeling less intense; to satisfy

Reduce the force, effect, or value of.

Provide or serve as clear evidence of

The process of reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure.

Make greater by adding to it or increasing

Conducive to success and favourable

Severe or strict in manner or attitude

So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

A source of defence or support `

Mark with a standard scale of readings.

The quality of being open and honest

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior

Cause or accelerate something by acting as a catalyst

To avoid by artfulness or deception

A small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join in

Come together to form a single mass or whole

A word or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation

Naturally accompanying or associated

An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

Come or bring together for a meeting or activity

A weight that balances another weight

No longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning

Set the boundaries or limits of

A person who disparages someone or something (Critics)

Recognize or find out; distinguish with difficulty by sight or with the other senses.

An illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.

Regard or represent as being of little worth

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Term	Definition	Sentence Usage
Absolved	Declare someone free from guilt, obligation, or punishment	A police investigation yesterday ______ the accused of all blame in the incident.
Abstruse	Difficult to understand	The professor's lectures were so ______ that students ended up getting confused rather than clear on the concept.
Accentuate	To make more noticeable or prominent	Organizations tend to advertise themselves by ______ing the positives they can offer.
Accretion	Growth or increase by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter	The fund was increased by the ______ of new shareholders.
Acquiesce	Accept something reluctantly but without protest	He has gradually ______ to the demands of the opposition.
Adroit	Clever or skilful	It would be far more politically ______ to do this and it would ensure that these unfortunate individuals are decently treated.
Affinity	A natural liking for and understanding of someone or something	His ______ for chocolates led him to develop tooth cavities.
Agglomeration	A mass or collection of things	I believe that the vast ______ in our comprehensive schools have proved destructive of individuality.
Alacrity	Brisk and cheerful readiness	The SAT exam is an interesting challenge and students usually respond to it with ______.
Ambidextrous	Able to use the right and left hands equally well.	Guateli says the master was ______ , that he sketched with his right hand while he wrote with his left- simultaneously.
Amerliorate	To make better	The labor union's attempt to ______ the working conditions had little effect.
Amorphous	Without a clearly defined shape or form	The offense was ______ in nature and so it would be difficult to prosecute.
Anachronism	A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fasioned	The town is a throwback to medieval times, an ______ that has survived the passing years.
Anomalous	Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected	He is an ______ position as the only part-time worker in the firm.
Anthropomorphic	Having human characteristics	It is ______, they argue, to say that other creatures experience feelings like compassion, even when their behavior appears - to our human eyes - to be impelled by it
Appease	Pacify or placate by acceding to their demands.	Their acknowledgement of responsibility has done nothing to ______ her anger.
Appraise	Assess the value or quality of	The painting was ______ at 5 million dollars by the insurance company.
Apprise	Inform or tell	He came to ______ us of the fact that the work had been completed.
Assuage	Make an unpleasant feeling less intense; to satisfy	To ______ his sister's grief, he took her for a holiday.
Attenuate	Reduce the force, effect, or value of.	Storm suggests hopefully that a planetary crisis, such as climate change, might attenuate nationalism.
Attest	Provide or serve as clear evidence of	As any serious gamer will ______, online experiences can have real-life consequences.
Attrition	The process of reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure.	No other army in the world would choose to sustain such an attrition rate.
Augment	Make greater by adding to it or increasing	I will not ______ difficulties by protesting against them as this would only lead to wasted time and energy.
Auspicious	Conducive to success and favourable	This is called the shahi snan and marks the most ______ -and the most crowded- days of the fair
Austere	Severe or strict in manner or attitude	A monk chooses to live an austere life because of his beliefs.
Banal	So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.	The experts ______ interpretation of the match made for a post match show that saw ratings drop to an all time low.
Begrudgingly	Reluctantly or resentfully	Later, however, they ______ accepted his help.
Buttress	A source of defence or support `	The overwhelming evidence found at the burial site seemed to ______ their argument.
Calibrate	Mark with a standard scale of readings.	The age of the tree was ______ from the carbon dating data.
Candor	The quality of being open and honest	The student's analysis of his weak areas was done with such ______ that it endeared him to his teachers.
Capacious	Having a lot of space inside	Gabriel has long funneled his ______ intellect and empathy into music
Capricious	Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior	The ______ nature of fate always results in hope, even in the most downtrodden in our society.
Catalyzing	Cause or accelerate something by acting as a catalyst	The new policies introduced by the government had a ______ing effect on E-commerce.
Circumvent	To avoid by artfulness or deception	Rahul ______ the traffic jam by taking an alternate route.
Clique	A small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join in	At university, Rahul had fallen in with a ______ of literature students.
Coalesce	Come together to form a single mass or whole	Political parties in the opposition often ______ to challenge the party in power.
Colloquialism	A word or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation	What people have suffered during the pandemic is "touch hunger", a ______ term for what social scientists call "affection deprivation", a state in which individuals want or need more affection than they receive.
Concomitant	Naturally accompanying or associated	He sought high grates without the necessary ______ of hard work.
Concur	Be of the same opinion	He said the mayor should not be reelected and the voters ______.
Conjecture	An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information	Whether AI will take over the world in the future is pure conjecture.
Convene	Come or bring together for a meeting or activity	The army ______ed all the senior officials to discuss how to deal with the apparent terror threat.
Copious	Abundant in supply or quantity	Students are expected to take ______ notes while attending lectures.
Corroborate	Confirm or give support to	My personal experience does not ______ your faith in the essential goodness of people.
Counterbalance	A weight that balances another weight	Her calm nature served as a natural ______ to his excitable personality.
Defunct	No longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning	Measuring 30 feet long by 15 feet wide, the plane features a lifting body and innovative wings that enable it to land on a runaway in the style of NASA's now ______ space shuttle.
Demarcated	Set the boundaries or limits of	The agents placed their bounty in front of the garage in a spot ______ by yellow cones.
Detractor	A person who disparages someone or something (Critics)	His ______ claim that his fierce temper makes him unsuitable for party leadership.
Discern	Recognize or find out; distinguish with difficulty by sight or with the other senses.	Humans often ______ between poisonous and harmless food through their sense of smell.
Disconcerting	Causing one to feel unsettled	His message is deeply ______ for anyone who values democracy.
Discrepancy	An illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.	The commission's own comparison of redemption values and current land prices revealed a large ______.
Disparage	Regard or represent as being of little worth	Voters don't like political advertisements in which opponents ______ one another.
Disparate	Essentially different in kind	Scott Elliott's direction fails to fit all the seemingly ______ vocabulary of Shepard's work into a coherent stage language.
Dispersed	Distribute or spread over a wide area	The mists of my confusion were being _____ by reading God's Word.
Disquieted	Make worried or uneasy	World leaders are surely ______ by the prospect of a global economic meltdown.
Dissimiltude	Dissimilarity	There is a real ______ between literature and film, and a critic should not evaluate one in terms of the other.
Dogmatic	Inclined to lay down principles as undeniably true	The tutor's ______ approach towards his students would inevitably lead to irrational discourse.
Eclipsed	Deprive of significance or power	The concerns regarding the environment were ______ by the onset of a pandemic.
Egregious	Outstandingly bad	That is still five years behind the rest of the city, but the gap is no longer so ______
Elicit	Evoke or draw out from someone	I tried to ______ a smile from Joanna.
Elide	Omit when speaking	There have been mass complaints across social media about mainstream media announcers ______ing their words.
Emanate	Issue or spread out from	The dark understory of the forest began to glow, a vibration ______ing from its depths, rising to the sound of a jet engine.
Embellish	Make more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features	There were claims the candidate had ______ed his war record.
Endanger	Put at risk or in danger	Recent deforestation action in the Amazon Basin has ______ed the existence of many rare species of plants.
Engender	Cause or give rise to	The feeling of comfort and stability that the leader ______s in those who are in his charge leads to better performance and productivity.
Entrench	Establish so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely	A firmly ______ed evolutionary perspective guided the modernization plans of the newly empowered government services.
Ephermal	Lasting for a very short time.	Fashion designs are ______ with new designs ousting older ones regularly.
Epitome	A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type	She represented the ______ of cultivated elegance and cut a fine figure in her tailored habit and silk top hat.
Epitomized	Be a perfect example of	His theme is ______ in the earlier quotations.
Equitable	Fair and Impartial	______ distribution of wealth has long been a false promise made by politicians to garner support.
Escalate	Increase rapidly; make or become more intense or serious	The quarrel ______ed to a fight when one of the members attacked the other individuals integrity.
Eschew	Deliberately avoid using	A fair number of academics ______ the simple title professor and call themselves economists, astronomers, historians, and philosophers.
Evince	Reveal the presence of a quality or feeling	In his work as a teacher, he had ______ a talent for drawing children's attention and focus to the subject matter and away from distractions.
Exactitude	The quality of being very accurate and careful.	When academic critics attempted to define magical realism with scholarly ______, they discovered that it was more powerful than precise.
Exorbitant	Unreasonably high	The bill for dinner was ______.
Expediency	The quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral.	They seem to be basing their decisions on ______ rather than logic and common sense.
Extemporaneous	Spoken or done without preparation	He made some ______ remarks before the award ceremony.
Extraneous	Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with.	Obviously, some degree of packaging is necessary to transport and protect the products we need, but all to often manufacturers add extraneous wrappers over wrappers and layers of unnecessary plastic.
Extrapolate	Extend the application of to an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will continue or similar methods will be applicable.	We can ______ from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one.
Facetious	Trying to appear funny or clever when it is not appropriate, or when it would be better to be serious.	I make so much money that we never have to worry - I'm being ______
Facile	Ignoring the true complexities of an issue	Reformers should avoid ______ assumptions about what the public wants and will accept.
Fecundity	The ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth; the ability to produce many new ideas.	The ______ of Elizabethan language was an extraordinary phenomenon produced by an extraordinary society.
Festoons	A chain or garland of flowers, leaves, or ribbons, hung in a curve as a decoration.	During festivals every house has its own ______ of decorations.
Fradulent	Obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception.	They faced accusations that they had been making ______ claims in housing benefit and income support.
Gratification	Pleasure, especially when gained from the satisfaction of a desire.	The real objective of mentors is to teach mentees delayed ______, that key trait for adult success.
Gravitas	Dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner.	The new leader has an air of ______ that commands respect.
Hampered	Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.	Fierce storms have been ______ing rescue efforts and there is now little chance of finding more survivors.
Harbinger	A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.	He scored the winner on his debut, a ______ of things to come.
Hesitant	Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking	Based on his current Mock test performance, Raul was ______ hesitant about whether he should attempt the SAT exam in the upcoming month.
Hetereogeneous	Diverse in character or content	At the country's founding, most political observers believed that India was too ______ and unwieldy to hold together.
Hew Out	To carve out, or cut out.a form, or to make something hollow by using heavy cutting tools such as an axe; alternate meaning is to adhere it.	He laboriously ______ trees to produce wood to build a log cabin.
Idiosyncratic	Peculiar or individualistic	Guy Ritchie has a very ______ style of filmmaking that results in a constant sense of action while having multiple layers to the story.
Illusory	Based on illusion	The hopes of a quick conquest of Ukraine by the Russians proved to be illusory as it has been years since the conflict began and there is still no end in sight.
Immutable	Unchanging over time or unable to be changed.	This is not merely philosophical quibbling but an economic reality as ______ as gravity.
Imperceptible	So slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived.	Looking at video footage from the inside of the train, the moment of derailment is almost ______ in the front of the car.
Impugn	Dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of; call into question.	Campaigns that are trailing in the polls often ______ them, of course, but Biden aides cite reasons for their skepticism.
Incongrous	Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.	The new office building with its modern designs looked ______ in this quaint little town.
Indecipherable	Not able to be read or understood	These 5 books are some of the most frequently recommend, and won't inundate you with ______ financial jargon or put you to sleep.
Indices	Index, sign, clue or indicator	Finally, some applications of the proposed ______ will be presented and discussed.
Indisputable	Unable to be challenged or denied	Although their treachery was ______, the authorities thought it was wiser not to prosecute.
Induce	Succeed in persuading or leading to do something	Lack of proper care and love in early childhood can ______ criminal behavior in young people.
Inducement	A thing that persuades or leads someone to do something.	Employees were offered a bonus as an ______ to finish the project on schedule.
Ineluctable	Unable to be resisted or avoided	The advent of artificial intelligence is ______.
Inexplicable	Unable to be explained or accounted for	The book became a hit thanks to Singh's gift for explaining the ______.
Inextricable	Impossible to disentangle or seperate	In a capitalist economy, sport and money are ______ linked.
Ingenious	Clever, original, and inventive	My district is home to some of the most creative and ______ people around.
Innocuous	Not harmful or offensive	The ______ appearance of the dictator belied his ruthless actions.
Insular	Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience.	The timidity is expressed in small casts, small theatrical ambition, and an ______ small mindedness.
Insuperable	Impossible to overcome	The ______ barriers to entry often result in monopolies never being challenged.
Insurmountable	Too great to be overcome	This small country is faced with an ______ debt.
Intercede	Intervene on behalf of another	Their argument probably would have become violent if I had not ______ed.
Interdependence	The dependence of two or more people or things on each other.	The world as a whole is best served by a uniting of its peoples and recognition of our mutual ______.
Interdicted	Prohibit or forbid	Those people are ______ at the border by Customs and Border Patrol.
Interjection	An abrupt remark, especially as an aside or interruption.	The speech was ______ed often by hecklers with shouts of displeasure at the points being spoken about.
Intermediate	Combing between two things in time, place, character etc.	A panel of international experts was set up to ______ between the two warring countries.
Interspersed	Scatter among or between other things.	The priest's sermons were ______ed with theological questions and probabilities.
Intricate	Very complicated and detailed	The ______ nature of the design on the curtain displayed a great level of craftsmanship.
Invoke	Call on in prayer, as witness, or for inspiration.	Their sacred dance is performed to ______ ancient gods.
Irrecoverable	Not being able to be recovered or remedied	On most relatively modern drives, zeroing the drive will render any data it contains permanently ______.
Irrefutable	Impossible to deny or disprove.	The logic of his case is impeccable and ______.
Irreproachable	Beyond criticism	A man of ______ behavior sets an example for others to follow suit.
Jostle	Push, elbow, or bump against	Raj ______ed everyone out of the way as he rushed towards the playground on the sound of the bell.
Juxtapose	Place close together for contrasting effect	Critics often ______ movies with the novels they have been adapted from while reviewing them.
Loquacious	Tending to talk a great deal	Never one to leave a tale untold, the cheerfully ______Varma sent a voice memo the next day.
Manifest	Clear or obvious to the eye or mind	Post-traumatic stress can take time to ______.
Mediated	Intervene in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation.	He is attempting to ______ a settlement between the company and the striking workers.
Misconstrued	Interpret wrongly	What one says is often ______if the listener does not have the same level of perception on the matter.
Monetize	Earn revenue from	Social media platforms have extended ______ization by selling individual user data to the highest bidder.
Monetizing	Earning revenue from	Two years ago, the company launched a platform called Walmart Creator, an affiliate program that enables creators to ______ shoppable products.
Myriad	A countless or extremely great number of people or things	Although the new government resolved a few obvious issues, there was a ______ of problems to which the government had no solutions.
Nebulous	In the form of a cloud or haze	Concepts like love, need and trust are ______ in nature and ones many are uncomfortable with.
Noxious	Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant	Daniel did not eat the fruit, because he believed that it was ______.
Obviate	Remove	The new medical treatment ______s the need for surgery.
Outstrip	Move faster than and overtake	Credit card complaints ______ all other bank-related grievances.
Palpable	So intense as to seem almost tangible.	With a smile rarely far from his lips, his sense of fun is ______.
Paradigmatic	Serving as a typical example of something.	Their great academic success was paraded as ______.
Paucity	The presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.	The ______ of medical supplies led to the death of many men in the battlefield.
Percolate	Filter gradually through a porous surface or substance.	Ideas inevitably ______ from one industry to another.
Permeate	Spread throughout	A change in the attitude at the top management levels of the institution will ______ through the system.
Pernicious	Highly injurious or destructive	At its most ______, paper entrepreneurialism involves little more than imposing losses on others for the sake of short-term profits for the firm.
Pertinent	Relevant or applicable to a particular matter	Why scour the contents of multiple websites when AI can provide the most ______ information in a few seconds?
Pessimistic	Tending to see the worst aspect of things	Investment analysts are extremely ______ about the economic future of the nation.
Placate	Make someone less angry and hostile	The statement released by the CEO did little to ______ the investors.
Precedents	An earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.	The ruling set a ______ for future cases of this nature.
Precipitating	Cause to happen suddenly	An invasion would certainly ______ a political crisis.
Preclude	Prevent from happening	While training his protegem, the trainer tries to ______ any possibility of a misunderstanding.
Predicated	Found or base something on	She has ______ her theory on recent findings by other astronomers.
Prefiguring	Be an early indication or version of	This sort of typology served as a ______ or an anticipation of things to come.
Presage	Be a sign or warning of	Many investors are worried that the current slowdown could ______ another recession.
Presuppose	Require as precondition of possibility or coherence.	The rule ______s a need to restrict student access to the library.
Pretentious	Expressive or affected, unwarranted or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature	The little inn was cleanlier and better kept than many of the more ______ ones.
Prevalent	Widespread in a particular area or a particular time.	The distribution of engineers amongst many professions has exploded the myth ______ in society that people always work in the same field as they receive their formal education in.
Pristine	In its original condition	My office is a mess but her office is always ______.
Proclamation	A public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance.	Afterward, from a balcony at the palace, the ______ will be read to the public.
Profusion	An abundance or large quantity of something.	Viewing the books in the show, one might rue the loss of color in favor of a greater profusion of plates.
Prohibitive	Forbidding or restricting something	The new policies are cost ______ and require time and patience.
Proliferate	Increase rapidly in number	The use of online payments has ______d all across the country in the last two years.
Promulgated	Promote or make widely known	Her ideas have been widely ______ on the Internet.
Protracted	Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual	While this is not a major factor during the acute phase of the disease, it will contribute to the disease process in more ______ cases.
Prudence	The quality of being cautious	The student approached the SAT exam with great ______ as she knew that the level of difficulty of questions could be high.
Prudent	Acting with or showing care and thought for the future.	An endless war is not always the most moral or the most ______ course of action.
Putative	Commonly accepted or supposed	The ______ champions of liberty took up the cry of dissent only after it had become profitable and safe.
Quintessential	Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.	He was the he was the ______ tough guy—strong, silent, and self-contained tough guy—strong, silent, and self-contained
Recalcitrant	Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.	The manager worried that the ______ employee would try to undermine his authority.
Redundancy	The state of being not or no longer needed or useful.	The takeover is expected to result in over 1,000 redundancies.
Register	An official list or record of names or items; a particular part of the range of a voice or instrument.	The club maintained a membership ______ of all members ever admitted
Repudiate	Refuse to accept; deny the truth or validity of; reject	The judge used his position to ______ the charges levied against him.
Reverence	Having deep respect for someone or something	There will always be important people in our society but the ones that impact our soul are the ones that will always be ______.
Sanguine	Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.	He does not pretend to be ______ about our prospects. History itself, he reminds us, provides few examples of cultures as debilitated as ours which were not destroyed by the very forces they set in motion.
Scrupulous	Careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.	The researchers carried out marking their observations with a ______ attention to detail to prevent capture of any faulty data.
Scrutinized	To examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.	The tutor ______ the students' performance to identify areas for improvement.
Sequester	Isolate or hide away	The jury was ______ until a verdict was reached.
Sighted	Have the ability to see	After being stranded for many months at sea, the crew finally ______ land.
Spawn	Produce or generate a large number of	The new economic freedom has ______ed hundreds of new small businesses.
Sporadic	Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.	The ______ nature of the India-Pakistan cricket games ensures a high attendance on every single occasion.
Spurious	Not being what it purports to be	In some situations, ______ cases are brought together to propel a propaganda.
Stalwart	Loyal, reliable, and hard-working	The manager has been a ______ supporter of his employees.
Stipulate	Demand or specify a requirement, typically as part of an agreement.	The Treaty of Versailles ______ed that Germany had to pay $442 billion as compensation for war damages.
Stymied	Prevent or hinder the progress of	An unexpected snowstorm ______ travelers' plans.
Substantiate	Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.	No evidence was found to ______ the accusations.
Subtlety	The quality or state of being subtle.	A little more ______ might have helped you get what you wanted.
Subversive	Seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.	Only statements and conversations considered to be ______ or dangerous attracted the attention of those in authority and came to be recorded via judicial processes.
Superfluous	Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.	With the advent of robotics and artificial intelligence, parents are worried that they will become ______, with the robots nursing and playing with the children.
Superseded	Take the place of	The prevalent view was that the concept of the equality of states as a fundamental principle of modern international law should be ______.
Supplant	Supersede and replace	The biggest mode of dissemination of information, the television, has been ______ed by the internet in the last decade.
Supposition	A belief held without proof or certain knowledge	The police are working on the ______ that he has left the country.
Sway	Control or influence	The politician, though not elected, held great ______ over the party's policies regarding a gamut of affairs.
Tenuous	Very weak or slight	The connection between the two events was ______ at best, with no solid evidence to link them.
Thwarted	Prevent from accomplishing something	The government had been able to ______ all attempts by opposition leaders to form new parties.
Transcend	Be or go beyond the range or limits of	The best films are those which ______ national or cultural barriers.
Transpose	Cause to exchange places	In their latest production they have reworked "King Lear", ______ing it to pre-colonial Africa.
Ubiquitous	Present, appearing, or found everywhere	As with all new technologies, costs are expected to fall as the products become more ______.
Unequivocal	Leaving no doubt	The administration has given an ______ rejection to the request.
Unpalatability	Not palatable; unpleasant to the taste.	Pasta and honey are an ______ combination.
Unprecedented	Never done or known before	The war in Ukraine has caused ______ death and destruction in the country.
Unsympathetic	Not feeling, showing or expressing sympathy.	Our appeal for a reprieve met with an ______ response from the bank.
Untenable	Not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.	Many environmental experts have determined that the rate at which we are polluting the environment is ______ and will soon make our planet uninhabitable.
Unyielding	Not giving way to pressure	Now with China mired in an ______ property crisis, policymakers want to revamp aging urban neighborhoods to kick-start construction and spur local economies.
Vacillating	Wavering between different opinions or actions	When one goes on Netflix to start watching a new show, one often ends up spending a lot of time ______ among the myriad of options before picking one to start with.
Vacuity	Lack of thought or intelligence	The intense debate on the subject convinced the proponent of the ______ of his argument.
Verdant	Green with grass or other rich vegetation	The colorful and ______ front gardens in front of homes is a now a thing of the past.
Vignette	A brief evocative description, account, or episode	Probably the most charming movie of the year, The Truff Hunters unfolds as a series of ______ documenting the lives of several older men and their dogs.
Vindicate	Clear someone of blame or suspicion	The decision to change the logo of the company has been ______ed by the fact that the brand recognition has soared in the past year.
Virtuosity	Great skill in music or another artistic pursuit.	Their playing showed an uncanny responsiveness and unity of ensemble, and a brilliant but self-effacing ______ in the service of profound musicality.
Delirious	In a disturbed state of mind, often due to illness or excitement; unable to think clearly.	The patient was ______ with fever and needed immediate cure.
Destitute	Lacking the basic necessities of life	The charity provides food and shelter for ______ families.
Enumerate	To mention things one by one	The teacher asked the students to ______ the causes of the French Revolution.

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