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Vocabulary Set H6
vicissitude-volition
| Question | Answer | Example |
|---|---|---|
| vindicate | v. To prove true, right, or real. | Only time can vindicate this decision, so hopefully it leads to success. |
| virulent | adj. Exceedingly noxious or deleterious. | This strain of bacteria is exceedingly virulent and resists all of our antibiotics. |
| vituperable | adj. Deserving of censure. | I find his comments vituperable and they should have never been printed. |
| volition | n. An act or exercise of will. | The parents were eager to have their son admitted to our school, but I am wondering if he would attend of his own volition. |
| vicissitude | n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune. | Their family has experienced the worst of the vicissitudes of fortune, yet their story is one of happiness. |