Barron词表 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ |
3589. vacillate
释义: waver; fluctuate
例句: Uncertain which suitor she ought to marry, the princess vacillated, saying now one, now the other.
3590. vacuous
释义: empty; lacking in ideas; stupid
例句: The candidate's vacuous remarks annoyed the audience, who had hoped to hear more than empty platitudes
3591. vagabond
释义: wanderer; tramp
例句: In summer, college students wander the roads of Europe like carefree vagabonds.
3592. vagary
释义: caprice; whim
例句: She followed every vagary of fashion.
3593. vagrant
释义: stray; random
例句: He tried to study, but could not collect his vagrant thoughts.
3594. vagrant
释义: homeless wanderer
例句: Because he was a stranger in town with no visible means of support, Martin feared he would be jailed as a vagrant.
3595. vainglorious
释义: boastful; excessively conceited
例句: She was a vainglorious and arrogant individual.
3596. valedictory
释义: pertaining to farewell
例句: I found the valedictory address too long; leave-taking should be brief.
3597. valid
释义: logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable
例句: You're going to have to come up with a better argument if you want to convince me that your reasoning is valid.
3598. validate
释义: confirm; ratify
例句: I will not publish my findings until I validate my results.
3599. valor
释义: bravery
例句: He received the Medal of Honor for his valor in battle.
3600. vampire
释义: ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living
例句: Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of vampires.
3601. vanguard
释义: forerunners; advance forces
例句: We are the vanguard of a tremendous army that is following us.
3602. vantage
释义: position giving an advantage
例句: They fired upon the enemy from behind trees, walls and any other point of vantage they could find.
3603. vapid
释义: insipid; inane
例句: She delivered an uninspired and vapid address.
3604. variegated
释义: many-colored
例句: Without her glasses, Gretchen saw the fields of tulips as a variegated blur.
3605. vassal
释义: in feudalism, one who held land of a superior lord
例句: The lord demanded that his vassals contribute more to his military campaign.
3606. vaunted
释义: boasted; bragged; highly publicized
例句: This much vaunted project proved a disappointment when it collapsed.
3607. veer
释义: change in direction
例句: After what seemed an eternity, the wind veered to the east and the storm abated.
3608. vegetate
释义: live in a monotonous way
例句: I do not understand how you can vegetate in this quiet village after the adventurous life you have led.
3609. vehement
释义: impetuous; with marked vigor
例句: He spoke with vehement eloquence in defense of his client.
3610. velocity
释义: speed
例句: The train went by at considerable velocity.
3611. venal
释义: capable of being bribed
例句: The venal policeman accepted the bribe offered him by the speeding motorist whom he had stopped.
3612. vendetta
释义: blood feud
例句: The rival mobs engaged in a bitter vendetta.
3613. vendor
释义: seller
例句: The fruit vendor sold her wares from a stall on the sidewalk.
3614. veneer
释义: thin layer; cover
例句: Casual acquaintances were deceived by his veneer of sophistication and failed to recognize his fundamental shallowness.
3615. venerable
释义: deserving high respect
例句: We do not mean to be disrespectful when we refuse to follow the advice of our venerable leader.
3616. venerate
释义: revere
例句: In China, the people venerate their ancestors.
3617. venial
释义: forgivable; trivial
例句: We may regard a hugry man's stealing as a venial crime.
3618. venison
释义: the meat of a deer
例句: The hunters dined on venison.
3619. vent
释义: small opening; outlet
例句: The wine did not flow because the air vent in the barrel was clogged.
3620. vent
释义: express; utter
例句: He vented his wrath on his class.
3621. ventral
释义: abdominal
例句: We shall now examine the ventral plates of this serpent, not the dorsal side.
3622. ventriloquist
释义: someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing
例句: This ventriloquist does an act in which she has a conversation with a wooden dummy.
3623. venturesome
释义: bold
例句: A group of venturesome women were the first to scale Mt.Annapurna.
3624. venue
释义: location
例句: The attorney asked for a change of venue; he thought his client would do better if the trial were held in a less conservative county.
3625. veracious
释义: truthful
例句: I can recommend him for this position because I have always found him veracious and reliable.
3626. veracity
释义: truthfulness
例句: Trying to prove Hill a liar, Senator Spector repeatedly questioned her veracity.
3627. verbalize
释义: put into words
例句: I know you don't like to talk about these things, but please try to verbalize your feelings.
3628. verbatim
释义: word for word
例句: He repeated the message verbatim.
3629. verbiage
释义: pompous array of words
例句: After we had waded through all the verbiage, we discovered that the writer had said very little.
3630. verbose
释义: wordy
例句: This article is too verbose; we must edit it.
3631. verdant
释义: green; lush in vegetation
例句: Monet's paintings of the verdant meadows were symphonies in green.
3632. verdigris
释义: green coating on copper which has been exposed to the weather
例句: Despite all attempts to protect the statue from the elements, it became coated with verdigris.
3633. verge
释义: border; edge
例句: Madame Curie knew she was on the verge of discovering the secrets of radioactive elements.
3634. verisimilitude
释义: appearance of truth; likelihood
例句: Critics praised her for the verisimilitude of her performance as Lady Macbeth. She was completely believable.
3635. verity
释义: truth; reality
例句: The four verities were revealed to Buddha during his long meditation.
3636. vernacular
释义: living language; natural style
例句: Cut out those old-fashioned "thee's" and "thou's" and write in the vernacular.
3637. vernal
释义: pertaining to spring
例句: We may expect vernal showers all during the month of April.
3638. versatile
释义: having many talents; capable of working in many fields
例句: He was a versatile athlete; at college he had earned varsity letters in baseball, football, and track.
3639. vertex
释义: summit
例句: Let us drop a perpendicular line from the vertex of the triangle to the base.
3640. vertigo
释义: dizziness
例句: We test potential plane pilots for susceptibility to spells of vertigo.
3641. verve
释义: enthusiasm; liveliness
例句: She approached her studies with such verve that it was impossible for her to do poorly.
3642. vestige
释义: trace; remains
例句: We discovered vestiges of early Indian life in the cave.
3643. vex
释义: annoy; distress
例句: Please try not to vex your mother; she is doing the best she can.
3644. viable
释义: capable of maintaining life; practicable; workable
例句: The infant, though prematurely born, is viable and has a good chance to survive.
3645. viand
释义: food
例句: There was a variety of viands at the feast.
3646. vicarious
释义: acting as a substitute; done by a deputy
例句: Many people get a vicarious thrill at the movies by imagining they are the characters on the screen.
3647. vicissitude
释义: change of fortune
例句: Humbled by life's vicissitudes, the last emperor of China worked as a lowly gardener in the palace over which he had once ruled.
3648. victuals
释义: food
例句: I am very happy to be able to provide you with these victuals; I know you are hungry.
3649. vie
释义: contend; compete
例句: Politicians vie with one another, competing for donations and votes.
3650. vigilance
释义: watchfulness
例句: Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
3651. vigor
释义: active strength
例句: Although he was over seventy years old, Jack had the vigor of a man in his prime.
3652. vignette
释义: picture; short literary sketch
例句: The New Yorker published her latest vignette.
3653. vilify
释义: slander
例句: She is a liar and is always trying to vilify my reputation.
3654. vindicate
释义: clear of charges
例句: I hope to vindicate my client and return him to society as a free man.
3655. vindictive
释义: revengeful
例句: She was very vindictive and never forgave an injury.
3656. vintner
释义: winemaker; seller of wine
例句: The poet wondered what the vintners could buy that would be half as precious as the wine they sold.
3657. viper
释义: poisonous snake
例句: The habitat of the horned viper, a particularly venomous snake, is in sandy regions like the Sahara or the Sinai peninsula.
3658. virile
释义: manly
例句: I do not accept the premise that a man is virile only when he is belligerent.
3659. virtual
释义: in essence; for practical purposes
例句: She is a virtual financial wizard when it comes to money matters.
3660. virtue
释义: goodness; moral excellence; good quality
例句: A virtue carried to extremes can turn into something resembling vice; humility, for example, can degenerate into servility and spinelessness.
3661. virtuoso
释义: highly skilled artist
例句: The child prodigy Yehudi Menuhin grew into a virtuoso whose virtuosity on the violin thrilled millions.
3662. virulent
释义: extremely poisonous
例句: The virus is highly virulent and has made many of us ill for days.
3663. virus
释义: disease communicator
例句: The doctors are looking for a specific medicine to control this virus.
3664. visage
释义: face; appearance
例句: The stern visage of the judge indicated that she had decided to impose a severe penalty.
3665. visceral
释义: felt in one's inner organs
例句: She disliked the visceral sensations she had whenever she rode the roller coaster.
3666. viscid
释义: adhesive; gluey
例句: The trunk of the maple tree was viscid with sap.
3667. viscous
释义: sticky, gluey
例句: Melted tar is a viscous substance.
3668. vise
释义: tool for holding work in place
例句: Before filling its edges, the keysmith took the blank key and fixed it firmly between the jaws of a vise.
3669. visionary
释义: produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical
例句: She was given to visionary schemes that never materialized.
3670. vital
释义: vibrant and lively; critical; living, breathing
例句: The vital, highly energetic first aid instructor stressed that it was vital in examining accident victims to note their vital signs.
3671. vitiate
释义: spoil the effect of; make inoperative
例句: Fraud will vitiate the contract.
3672. vitreous
释义: pertaining to or resembling glass
例句: Although this plastic has many vitreous qualties such as transparency, it is unbreakable.
3673. vitriolic
释义: corrosive; sarcastic
例句: Such vitriolic criticism is uncalled for.
3674. vituperative
释义: abusive; scolding
例句: He became more vituperative as he realized that we were not going to grant him his wish.
3675. vivacious
释义: lively or animated; sprightly
例句: She had always been vivacious and sparkling.
3676. vivisection
释义: act of dissecting living animals
例句: The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals opposed vivisection and deplored the practice of using animals in scientific experiments.
3677. vixen
释义: female fox; ill-tempered woman
例句: Aware that she was right once again, he lost his temper and called her a shrew and a vixen.
3678. vociferous
释义: clamorous; noisy
例句: The crowd grew vociferous in its anger and threatened to take the law into its own hands.
3679. vogue
释义: popular fashion
例句: Jeans became the vogue on many college campuses.
3680. volatile
释义: changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
例句: The political climate today is extremely volatile: no one can predict what the electorate will do next.
3681. volition
释义: act of making a conscious choice
例句: She selected this dress of her own volition.
3682. voluble
释义: fluent; glib
例句: She was a voluble speaker, always ready to talk.
3683. voluminous
释义: bulky; large
例句: Despite her family burdens, she kept up a voluminous correspondence with her friends.
3684. voluptuous
释义: gratifying the senses
例句: The nobility during the Renaissance led voluptuous lives.
3685. voracious
释义: ravenous
例句: The wolf is a voracious animal, its hunger never satisfied.
3686. vortex
释义: whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged
例句: Sucked into the vortex of the tornado, Dorothy and Toto were carried from Kansas to Oz.
3687. vouchsafe
释义: grant condescendingly; guarantee
例句: I can safely vouchsafe you fair return on your investment.
3688. voyeur
释义: Peeping
例句: Jill called Jack a voyeur when she caught him aiming his binoculars at a bedroom window of the house next door.
3689. vulnerable
释义: susceptible to wounds
例句: Achilles was vulnerable only in his heel.
3690. vulpine
释义: like a fox; crafty
例句: She disliked his sly ways, but granted him a certain vulpine intelligence.
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