Part 65

~Unworthy~, _a._ ~1.~ Undeserving.

~2.~ Unbecoming, base, shameful, bad.

~Unworthy of~, Discreditable to, disgraceful to.

~Unwritten~, _a._ Oral, traditional.

~Unwrought~, _a._ Unfashioned, unformed, rude, crude, rough, shapeless.

~Unyielding~, _a._ ~1.~ Inflexible, constant, steady, resolute, steadfast, stanch, pertinacious, determined.

~2.~ Stubborn, obstinate, wilful, mulish, headstrong, intractable, perverse, wayward, cantankerous.

~Upbraid~, _v. a._ Reproach, censure, reprove, blame, rebuke, chide, reprimand, admonish, condemn, stigmatize, scold, twit, taunt, scold at, find fault with, BLOW UP.

~Upheave~, _v. a._ Elevate, raise, lift, lift up, heave up.

~Uphill~, _a._ ~1.~ Ascending, upward.

~2.~ Difficult, hard, arduous, toilsome.

~Uphold~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Support, sustain, hold up, bear up.

~2.~ Maintain, defend, vindicate, justify.

~Upon~, _prep._ ~1.~ On.

~2.~ About, concerning, on the subject of.

~3.~ With, immediately after.

~Upon the spot~, Immediately, at once, on the spot.

~Upon the whole~, All things considered, in view of all the circumstances, taking every thing into account, on the whole.

~Upper crust~, _n._ ~1.~ Top crust.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Aristocracy, UPPER TEN, upper classes.

~Upper hand~, _n._ Superiority, advantage, ascendency, dominion, rule, pre-eminence, supremacy, mastery, mastership.

~Uppermost~, _a._ Highest, loftiest, topmost, supreme.

~Upper ten~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Aristocracy, UPPER CRUST, upper classes, upper ten thousand.

~Upper ten thousand~, UPPER TEN.

~Uppish~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Proud, arrogant, haughty, assuming, smart, perk, perky.

~Upright~, _a._ ~1.~ Erect, perpendicular, vertical, plumb, on end.

~2.~ Honest, just, honorable, conscientious, virtuous, good, pure, straightforward, not mean, not base.

~Uprightness~, _n._ Honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, justice, equity, fairness, principle, incorruptibility, righteousness, goodness, virtue, honor, trustworthiness, trustiness, worth, dignity of character.

~Uproar~, _n._ Tumult, disturbance, commotion, confusion, turmoil, hubbub, clamor, racket, din, vociferation, noise, HULLABALOO, row, riot, SHINDY.

~Uproarious~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Boisterous, tumultuous, turbulent, NOISY, loud.

~Uproot~, _v. a._ Eradicate, extirpate, pull up by the roots, tear up by the roots.

~Ups and downs~, Successes and reverses, prosperity and adversity, good fortune and bad, various fortunes.

~Upset~, _v. a._ Overturn, capsize, tip over, turn topsy-turvy.

~Upshot~, _n._ Conclusion, end, termination, consummation, issue, DÉNOUEMENT, FINALE, catastrophe.

~Upside down~, _ad._ Topsy-turvy.

~Upstart~, _n._ PARVENU, snob, mushroom, pretentious fellow, pretender to gentility.

~Up to snuff~, [_Colloquial._] Shrewd, experienced, acute, sharp, keen, knowing, astute, sagacious, bright, not to be imposed upon.

~Up to the hub~, To the utmost, as far as possible (_in any difficulty, as when a wheel is sunk in mire_).

~Up to the scratch~, [_Colloquial._] Courageous, brave, bold, intrepid, daring, dauntless, resolute, ready to fight (_as when boxers are brought up to the line or scratch that separates them_).

~Upward~, _a._ Ascending, uphill.

~Upwards of~, Above, more than.

~Urbane~, _a._ Polite, civil, courteous, complaisant, refined, polished, gentlemanly, ladylike, well-bred, well-mannered, well-behaved.

~Urbanity~, _n._ Politeness, civility, courtesy, complaisance, amenity, suavity, good breeding, good manners.

~Urchin~, _n._ ~1.~ Hedge-hog.

~2.~ [_Ludicrous._] Child, brat.

~Urge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Push, press, impel, drive, force onward, push on, press on.

~2.~ Solicit, importune, beg, entreat, beseech, implore, conjure.

~3.~ Incite, animate, encourage, instigate, stimulate, goad, spur.

~Urgency~, _n._ ~1.~ Pressure, press, exigency, emergency, stress, necessity, pressing want.

~2.~ Importunity, entreaty, insistence, solicitation.

~3.~ Incitement, stimulus, spur, goad.

~Urgent~, _a._ Pressing, cogent, importunate, pertinacious, earnestly solicitous.

~Urinal~, _n._ ~1.~ Chamber-pot, jorden.

~2.~ Place for urinating.

~Urinate~, _v. a._ PIDDLE, make water, void urine.

~Ursa Major~, [L.] (_Astron._) Charles's Wain, the Wain, the Great Bear.

~Ursa Minor~, [L.] (_Astron._) The Little Bear, the Lesser Bear.

~Usage~, _n._ ~1.~ Treatment.

~2.~ Practice (_long continued_), custom, use, habit, prescription.

~Use~, _n._ ~1.~ Employment, application, appliance, exercise, practice.

~2.~ Advantage, benefit, utility, service, profit, usefulness, avail.

~3.~ Occasion, need, necessity.

~4.~ Usage, custom, habit.

~Use~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Employ, apply, make use of, avail one's self of, take advantage of, turn to account, make the most of, put in requisition, bring into play.

~2.~ Practise, exercise, put to use.

~3.~ Expend, consume, waste, exhaust.

~4.~ Accustom, habituate, inure, familiarize, train.

~5.~ Treat, deal with, act or behave towards.

~Use~, _v. n._ Be accustomed, be wont.

~Useful~, _a._ Advantageous, profitable, beneficial, serviceable, helpful, available, good, salutary, convenient.

~Useless~, _a._ Unavailing, fruitless, bootless, profitless, unprofitable, unserviceable, valueless, worthless, futile, abortive, null, nugatory, of no use.

~Usher~, _n._ Sub-master, assistant teacher.

~Usual~, _a._ Customary, ordinary, common, familiar, regular, general, frequent, habitual, wonted, accustomed, prevailing, prevalent, every- day.

~Usurp~, _v. a._ Seize (_without right_), arrogate, assume, appropriate unlawfully.

~Usurpation~, _n._ Seizure, assumption.

~Usury~, _n._ Illegal interest, exorbitant interest.

~Utensil~, _n._ Implement, tool, instrument.

~Uterus~, _n._ (_Anat._) Womb.

~Utility~, _n._ Usefulness (_in an abstract sense_), advantageousness, benefit, avail, profit, service, use.

~Utilize~, _v. a._ Put to use, make use of, make useful, turn to account, take advantage of.

~Utmost~, _a._ ~1.~ Extreme, farthest, last, most distant, most remote.

~2.~ Greatest, uttermost.

~Utmost~, _n._ Best, most, greatest effort, highest endeavor, the most that can be done.

~Utopian~, _a._ Ideal, visionary, fanciful, imaginary, chimerical, unreal, not real, air-drawn, air-built, not actual.

~Utricle~, _n._ Vesicle, cyst, bladder.

~Utter~, _a._ ~1.~ Total, complete, entire, perfect.

~2.~ Absolute, peremptory, unconditional, unqualified.

~Utter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Speak, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, express, broach, give forth, give expression to.

~2.~ Put into circulation.

~Utterable~, _a._ Pronounceable, expressible.

~Utterance~, _n._ Pronunciation, expression, elocution, delivery.

~Uttermost~, _a._ ~1.~ Extreme, farthest.

~2.~ Greatest, utmost.

V

~Vacancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Vacuity, emptiness.

~2.~ Chasm, blank, gap, space.

~Vacant~, _a._ ~1.~ Empty, void, unfilled.

~2.~ Disengaged, not busied, unoccupied.

~3.~ Thoughtless, unthinking.

~Vacate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make vacant, leave empty, quit possession of.

~2.~ Annul, disannul, nullify, rescind, cancel, quash, invalidate, abrogate, abolish, overrule, make void, set aside, do away.

~Vacation~, _n._ Intermission (_of studies, &c._).

~Vaccinate~, _v. a._ Inoculate with kine-pox, inoculate with vaccine matter.

~Vacillate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Sway, reel, stagger, rock, move to and fro.

~2.~ Waver, fluctuate, hesitate, be inconstant, be unsettled, be unsteady, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, box the compass, run with the hare and hunt with the hound, be a weathercock.

~Vacillation~, _n._ ~1.~ Swaying, reeling, staggering, rocking.

~2.~ Wavering, fluctuation, hesitation, unsteadiness, inconstancy.

~Vacuity~, _n._ ~1.~ Emptiness, vacancy, inanity, inanition.

~2.~ Void, vacuum, empty space.

~Vacuum~, _n._ Void, empty space, vacuity.

~Vade-mecum~, _n._ Manual.

~Vagabond~, _n._ Vagrant, outcast, castaway, loafer, lounger, nomad, landloper, idle wanderer, strolling beggar, abandoned wretch.

~Vagary~, _n._ Whim, freak, whimsey, antic, crotchet, whimsicality, prank.

~Vaginant~, _a._ (_Bot._) Sheathing.

~Vaginate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Sheathed.

~Vagrancy~, _n._ Roving, wandering.

~Vagrant~, _n._ VAGABOND.

~Vagrant~, _a._ Strolling, wandering, roving, roaming, unsettled, nomadic.

~Vague~, _a._ Uncertain, ambiguous, dim, doubtful, obscure, undetermined, indefinite, indistinct, unsettled, loose, lax, unfixed, not precise, not exact.

~Vain~, _a._ ~1.~ Unreal, shadowy, unsubstantial, supposititious, dreamy, baseless, imaginary, empty, void.

~2.~ Unavailing, useless, bootless, ineffectual, fruitless, profitless, futile, nugatory, abortive, unprofitable, without avail, idle, to no purpose, to no end.

~3.~ Worthless, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory, vapid, tasteless, insipid, flat, stale, mawkish.

~4.~ Conceited, vain-glorious, inflated, overweening, ostentatious, high, self-sufficient, flushed, opinionated, self-satisfied, self- confident, self-admiring, self-opinioned, self-flattering, high-flown, puffed up, wise in one's own conceit.

~Vain-glorious~, _a._ ~1.~ Conceited, VAIN, proud beyond desert.

~2.~ Boastful, vaunting.

~Vain-glory~, _n._ ~1.~ Vanity, empty pride, pride without merit.

~2.~ Rodomontade, empty boasting.

~Vale~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Valley, dingle, dell.

~Valediction~, _n._ Farewell, adieu, leave-taking.

~Valedictory~, _a._ Farewell.

~Valedictory~, _n._ [_U. S._] Farewell address.

~Valet~, _n._ [Fr.] Groom, servant, serving man, waiting servant.

~Valet de chambre~, [Fr.] Body servant.

~Valetudinarian~, _n._ Invalid, valetudinary.

~Valetudinarian~, _a._ Weak, infirm, sickly, feeble, weakly, frail, invalid, valetudinary.

~Valetudinary~, _n._ VALETUDINARIAN.

~Valetudinary~, _a._ Valetudinarian.

~Valiant~, _a._ Brave, courageous, intrepid, valorous, gallant, chivalrous, chivalric, heroic, daring, dauntless, bold, fearless, doughty, undaunted, Spartan, lion-hearted.

~Valid~, _a._ Efficacious, efficient, sound, weighty, powerful, conclusive, logical, cogent, persuasive, good, just, solid, important, grave, sufficient, strong, not weak, not defective, not frivolous, not fallacious.

~Validity~, _n._ Soundness, justness, efficacy, cogency, weight, strength, goodness, force, gravity, importance.

~Valise~, _n._ Portmanteau, travelling bag.

~Valley~, _n._ VALE, dale, bottom, dell, dingle, ravine.

~Valor~, _n._ Bravery (_especially in war_), courage, prowess, boldness, spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity.

~Valorous~, _a._ VALIANT.

~Valuable~, _a._ ~1.~ Precious, useful, serviceable.

~2.~ Worthy, estimable.

~Valuation~, _n._ ~1.~ Appraisement, estimation.

~2.~ Value, worth.

~Value~, _n._ ~1.~ Worth, utility, importance (_value in use_).

~2.~ Price, cost, rate, equivalent (_value in exchange_).

~Value~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Appraise, rate, estimate, account, set a value on.

~2.~ Esteem, appreciate, regard, prize, set a high value on, rate highly, hold in high esteem, set store by.

~Valueless~, _a._ Worthless, miserable, of no value, of no use

~Vamos~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] [Sp.] Be off, depart quickly.

~Vamose~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] [Sp.] Be off, depart quickly.

~Vamp~, _n._ Upper leather (_of a shoe_).

~Vamp~, _v. a._ Repair, mend, piece, patch, tinker, refit, retouch, vamp up, patch up.

~Vampire~, _n._ ~1.~ Parasite, bloodsucker.

~2.~ (_Zoöl._) Vampire-bat.

~Vamp up~, VAMP.

~Van~, _n._ Front (_of an army or a fleet_), fore-rank.

~Vandal~, _n._ Barbarian, savage.

~Vandal~, _a._ Barbarous, savage, Vandalic.

~Vandalic~, _a._ Barbarous, Vandal.

~Vandalism~, _n._ Barbarity.

~Vane~, _n._ ~1.~ Weather-cock.

~2.~ Blade (_of a windmill, propeller, &c._).

~Vanglo~, _n._ Bene, oil-plant (_Sesamum orientale_).

~Vanguard~, _n._ Advance-guard.

~Vanish~, _v. a._ Disappear, fade, pass, dissolve, fade away, melt away, pass away, be lost, be no more.

~Vanity~, _n._ ~1.~ Emptiness, hollowness, worthlessness, futility, unrealness, unsubstantialness.

~2.~ Conceit, conceitedness, egotism, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, petty pride.

~3.~ Idle show, vain pursuit.

~Vanquish~, _v. a._ Conquer, defeat, beat, CHECKMATE, overcome, subdue, subjugate, overpower, overbear, master, floor, crush, worst, rout, discomfit, choke, foil, quell, put down, get the upper hand of, get the better of.

~Vanquisher~, _n._ Conqueror, subduer, victor.

~Vapid~, _a._ ~1.~ Insipid, tasteless, flat, savorless, spiritless, stale, dead.

~2.~ Tame, dull, meagre, jejune, languid, feeble, prosing, prosy, prosaic.

~Vapor~, _n._ ~1.~ Gaseous state (_of a substance ordinarily fluid or solid_), aeriform state.

~2.~ Fume, steam, reek, exhalation, smoke, fog, mist, rack.

~3.~ Phantom, fantasy, whim, whimsey, vagary, day-dream, vain imagination, unreal fancy.

~Vapor~, _v. n._ Boast, brag, bluster, swagger, bully.

~Vaporer~, _n._ Boaster, blusterer, braggart, swaggerer, vaunter, BLATHERSKITE.

~Vaporish~, _a._ Splenetic, hypochondriacal, peevish, petulant, humorsome, vapory.

~Vaporize~, _v. a._ Evaporate, convert into vapor.

~Vaporous~, _a._ ~1.~ Foggy, vapory, full of vapor.

~2.~ Unreal, unsubstantial, vain.

~Vapors~, _n. pl._ Hypochondriasis, spleen, melancholy, dejection, blues, depression of spirits, blue devils.

~Vapory~, _a._ ~1.~ Vaporous, foggy, full of vapor.

~2.~ Hypochondriacal, VAPORISH.

~Variable~, _a._ ~1.~ Changeable, mutable.

~2.~ Inconstant, unsteady, fickle, vacillating, wavering, fluctuating, fitful, undecided.

~Variance~, _n._ ~1.~ Disagreement, difference, discord, dissension, jarring.

~2.~ (_Law._) Variation, want of conformity (_as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof_).

~Variation~, _n._ ~1.~ Alteration, mutation, change, mortification.

~2.~ Deviation, departure, difference, diversity, discrepance, discrepancy, VARIANCE.

~Variegate~, _v. a._ Diversify, vary, streak, checker, dapple, figure, mark with different colors.

~Variegated~, _a._ Party-colored, piebald, motley, mottled, pied, many- colored, many-hued, divers-colored, of all manner of colors.

~Variety~, _n._ ~1.~ Diversity, difference.

~2.~ Multiplicity, multiformity, multifariousness.

~Variola~, _n._ (_Med._) Small-pox.

~Various~, _a._ ~1.~ Diverse, different, manifold, several, sundry, numerous, many.

~2.~ Changeable, mutable, uncertain, unfixed.

~3.~ Variegated, diversified.

~Varlet~, _n._ Scoundrel, rascal, rogue, knave, scapegrace.

~Varnish~, _n._ Lacquer.

~Varnish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lacquer, Japan.

~2.~ Polish, adorn, decorate, garnish, gild.

~3.~ Palliate, gloss, extenuate, excuse.

~Vary~, _n. a._ ~1.~ Alter, change, modify, transform, transmute, metamorphose, make some change in.

~2.~ Diversify, variegate.

~Vary~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Alter, change, be changeable.

~2.~ Differ, be unlike, be different.

~3.~ Deviate, depart, swerve.

~Vassal~, _n._ ~1.~ Feudatory, feudal tenant.

~2.~ Subject, dependant, retainer.

~3.~ Servant, bondman, slave.

~Vassalage~, _n._ Subjection, dependence, servitude, slavery.

~Vast~, _a._ ~1.~ Very spacious, very extensive.

~2.~ Huge, enormous, immense, colossal, gigantic, prodigious, stupendous, very great.

~3.~ Remarkable, extraordinary.

~Vaticinate~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] Foretell, predict, prophesy, presage, prognosticate, augur, divine, forebode.

~Vaticination~, _n._ Prophecy, prediction, prognostication.

~Vaticinator~, _n._ Prophet, foreteller, predictor, soothsayer, seer.

~Vaudeville~, _n._ [Fr.] Ballad, street song, trivial strain, light song.

~Vault~, _n._ ~1.~ Arched ceiling, arched roof, continued arch.

~2.~ Cell, cellar, cavity.

~3.~ Tomb, crypt, catacomb.

~4.~ Leap, bound, jump.

~Vault~, _v. a._ Arch, cover with an arch, arch over.

~Vault~, _v. n._ Leap, bound, jump, spring, CAPER.

~Vaulted~, _a._ ~1.~ Arched, concave.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Fornicate, fornicated.

~Vaulter~, _n._ Leaper, jumper, tumbler.

~Vaunt~, _v. n._ Brag, boast.

~Vaunt~, _v. a._ Brag of, boast of, make a display of, make a boast of, show off.

~Vaunt~, _n._ Boast, brag.

~Vaunter~, _n._ Boaster, braggart, braggadocio, drawcansir, roisterer, huff, vaporer, BLATHERSKITE, noisy fellow.

~Vedette~, _n._ Mounted sentinel.

~Veer~, _v. n._ Shift, turn, change course, change direction, change about, come round.

~Veering~, _n._ ~1.~ Shifting, turning, change of course.

~2.~ Tergiversation, fickleness, instability, vacillation.

~Vegetable~, _n._ Plant.

~Vegetate~, _v. n._ Shoot, germinate, spring, pullulate, grow (_as a plant_), shoot up, spring up, put forth.

~Vegetation~, _n._ ~1.~ Vegetable growth.

~2.~ Plants, vegetables.

~Vehemence~, _n._ ~1.~ Impetuosity, violence.

~2.~ Ardor, fervor, fervency, eagerness, earnestness, keenness, warmth, zeal, enthusiasm, passion.

~3.~ Force, might, intensity.

~Vehement~, _a._ ~1.~ Impetuous, violent, furious, rampant, passionate, high, hot, high-wrought.

~2.~ Ardent, zealous, eager, keen, earnest, fervid, enthusiastic, sanguine.

~3.~ Strong, forcible, powerful, vigorous, very great.

~Vehicle~, _n._ ~1.~ Carriage, conveyance.

~2.~ Medium, instrument.

~Veil~, _n._ ~1.~ Screen, shade, curtain.

~2.~ Cover, disguise, mask, visor, blind, cloak.

~Veil~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Screen.

~2.~ Cover, hide, mask, conceal, disguise.

~Vein~, _n._ ~1.~ Blood-vessel.

~2.~ Rib (_of a leaf_), nerve.

~3.~ Seam (_in a mine_), lode.

~4.~ Stripe, streak.

~5.~ Bent, humor, disposition, mood.

~6.~ Talent, faculty, genius, quality, strain, turn of mind, peculiar temper.

~Vein~, _v. a._ Stripe, streak.

~Vein-stone~, _n._ Gangue.

~Veiny~, _a._ Striped, streaked, veined.

~Vellication~, _n._ (_Med._) Twitching, tic.

~Velocity~, _n._ Swiftness, speed, celerity, fleetness, quickness, rapidity.

~Velveteen~, _n._ Cotton velvet.

~Venal~, _a._ Mercenary, purchasable, hireling, sordid.

~Venality~, _n._ Mercenariness.

~Vend~, _v. a._ Sell.

~Vendee~, _n._ [Correlative of _vendor_.] Purchaser, buyer.

~Vender~, _n._ Seller, VENDOR.

~Vendibility~, _n._ Salableness, vendibleness.

~Vendible~, _a._ Salable, merchantable, that may be sold.

~Vendibleness~, _n._ Vendibility.

~Vendor~, _n._ [Correlative of _vendee_.] Seller, vender.

~Vendue~, _n._ Auction, cant, public auction, auction sale, public sale.

~Vendue-master~, _a._ Auctioneer.

~Venerable~, _a._ ~1.~ To be venerated, worthy of veneration, oracular, grave, sage, wise.

~2.~ Dread, awful, dreadful.

~Venerate~, _v. a._ Reverence, revere, respect, adore, honor, regard highly.

~Veneration~, _n._ Reverence, high respect.

~Venesection~, _n._ Bleeding, phlebotomy, blood-letting.

~Vengeance~, _n._ ~1.~ Avengement, retribution.

~2.~ Revenge, retaliation.

~Vengeful~, _a._ VINDICTIVE, revengeful, rancorous.

~Venial~, _a._ Excusable, pardonable.

~Venom~, _n._ ~1.~ Poison (_naturally secreted by certain animals_), VIRUS, bane.

~2.~ Malignity, maliciousness, malice, spite, spitefulness, gall, rancor, rankling, grudge, bitterness, acerbity, acrimony, malevolence, hate, ill-will.

~Venomous~, _a._ ~1.~ Poisonous, noxious, baneful.

~2.~ Malignant, malicious, spiteful, mischievous.

~Vent~, _n._ ~1.~ Opening, hole, vent-hole.

~2.~ Spiracle, air-tube, air-pipe, blowhole.

~3.~ Emission, passage, outlet, escape.

~4.~ Discharge, utterance.

~5.~ Market, sale, opportunity to sell.

~Vent~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Emit, pour forth, let out.

~2.~ Utter, give vent to.

~Vent-hole~, _n._ Opening, hole, breathing-hole, vent.

~Ventilate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Air.

~2.~ [_Now colloquial, but formerly in good use._] Examine, sift, scrutinize, discuss, canvass.

~Ventilation~, _n._ ~1.~ Airing.

~2.~ Examination, scrutiny, discussion.

~Ventral~, _a._ Abdominal.

~Venture~, _n._ ~1.~ Hazard, risk, danger, jeopardy, peril.

~2.~ Chance, hap, luck, contingency.

~3.~ Stake, adventure.

~Venture~, _v. a._ Hazard, risk, jeopardize, jeopard, expose to hazard.

~Venture~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Dare, adventure.

~2.~ Run the risk, tempt fortune, take one's chance.

~3.~ Presume, make bold, take the liberty, have the presumption.

~Venturesome~, _a._ Adventurous, daring, intrepid, bold, courageous, venturous, presumptuous, enterprising, doughty, chivalrous.

~Venturous~, _a._ VENTURESOME.

~Venus~, _n._ (_Astron._) ~1.~ Lucifer, PHOSPHORUS, morning star.

~2.~ Hesperus, Hesper, Vesper, evening star.

~Veracious~, _a._ Truthful, observant of truth, true, not lying or false.

~Veracity~, _n._ Truthfulness, truth, ingenuousness, honesty, candor, frankness.

~Verbal~, _a._ ~1.~ Oral, spoken, unwritten, parole, nuncupative, not written.

~2.~ As to words, about words.

~3.~ Literal, word for word.

~4.~ Derived from a verb.

~Verbatim~, _ad._ [L.] Literally, word for word, in the same words.

~Verbiage~, _n._ Wordiness, verboseness, verbosity, prolixity, diffuseness.

~Verbose~, _a._ Wordy, prolix, diffuse.

~Verbosity~, _n._ Wordiness, VERBIAGE.

~Verdancy~, _n._ ~1.~ Greenness, viridity.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Inexperience, rawness, liability to be imposed upon.

~Verdant~, _a._ ~1.~ Green.

~2.~ Raw, inexperienced.

~Verdict~, _n._ Decision, judgment, finding.

~Verdigris~, _n._ Sub-acetate of copper, diacetate of copper, bi-basic acetate of copper.

~Verdure~, _n._ Greenness (_of vegetation_).

~Verge~, _n._ ~1.~ Rod, staff, mace.

~2.~ Edge, brink, border, margin, rim, brim, confine, limit, skirt, point.

~3.~ Arbor (_of a watch-balance_), spindle.

~Verge~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Tend, incline, slope, lean.

~2.~ Border, approach, be near.

~Verge-board~, _n._ Bargeboard.

~Verification~, _n._ Authentication, attestation, confirmation, corroboration.

~Verify~, _v. a._ Authenticate, confirm, substantiate, corroborate, attest, prove true, establish the truth or correctness of, make good.

~Verily~, _ad._ Truly, really, absolutely, certainly, positively, indeed, in fact, in truth.

~Verisimilitude~, _n._ Likelihood, probability, appearance of truth.

~Veritable~, _a._ True, real, actual, genuine, positive, absolute, not fictitious.

~Verity~, _n._ ~1.~ Truth, truthfulness.

~2.~ True statement, true assertion.

~Vermes~, _n. pl._ [L.] Worms.

~Vermicular~, _a._ Sinuous, tortuous, undulating, flexuous, waving, serpentine, meandering, winding, twisting, convoluted, vermiform, worm- like, worm-shaped.

~Vermiform~, _a._ Worm-like, VERMICULAR.

~Vermifuge~, _n._ Anthelmintic, helminthagogue.

~Vermilion~, _n._ Red sulphuret of mercury (_artificial_).

~Vermin~, _n. pl._ Noxious animals (_of small size_).

~Vernacular~, _a._ Native, indigenous, VULGAR, mother.

~Vernacular~, _n._ Vernacular language, native language, mother tongue.

~Versatile~, _a._ ~1.~ Changeable, variable.

~2.~ Inconstant, unsteady, fickle.

~Verse~, _n._ ~1.~ Line (_metrically arranged_), line of poetry, stich.

~2.~ Versification, poetry, poesy, metrical composition, metrical language.

~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Stanza, stave, staff.

~4.~ Passage (_of Scripture_), text, sentence.

~5.~ [_Poetical._] Piece of poetry.

~Versed~, _a._ Skilled, skilful, practised, accomplished, conversant, acquainted, qualified, trained, proficient, clever, able, good at, at home in, _au fait_.

~Verses~, _n. pl._ Numbers, poetry, song.

~Versification~, _n._ Verse, metrical composition.

~Versify~, _v. a._ Turn into verse.

~Versify~, _v. n._ Make verses.

~Version~, _n._ Translation, rendering, interpretation, reading, lection.

~Vertebral column~, Spine.

~Vertex~, _n._ ~1.~ Point.

~2.~ Top, summit, crown.

~3.~ Zenith.

~Vertical~, _a._ Perpendicular (_to the horizon_), upright, plumb.

~Vertigo~, _n._ Dizziness, giddiness, swimming of the head.

~Verve~, _n._ [Fr.] Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, animation, force, energy, excitement of the imagination.

~Very~, _a._ ~1.~ True, real, actual.

~2.~ Same, self-same.

~Very~, _ad._ Highly, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, remarkably, surpassingly, to a high degree.

~Vesicant~, _n._ VESICATORY.

~Vesicatory~, _n._ Blister, epispastic, vesicant.

~Vesicle~, _n._ Cell, cyst, utricle, bladder.

~Vesper~, _n._ Hesperus, Hesper, Venus, evening star.

~Vespers~, _n. pl._ Evening service (_in the Roman Catholic Church_).

~Vessel~, _n._ ~1.~ Utensil (_for holding any thing_).

~2.~ Bottom, sailing craft.

~3.~ Tube, duct, canal.

~Vest~, n_._ ~1.~ Vesture, garment, vestment, robe, dress.

~2.~ Waistcoat (_for men_).

~Vest~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clothe, dress, surround, robe, enrobe, envelope, cover.

~2.~ Endow, furnish.

~Vest in~, Descend to, pass to, belong to, be at the disposal of, become the property of.

~Vested~, _a._ Fixed, established.

~Vestibule~, _n._ ~1.~ Porch, entrance way.

~2.~ Hall, lobby, ante-room.

~Vestige~, _n._ Footprint, footstep, token, sign, mark, record, trace, track.

~Vestment~, _n._ Garment, dress, VESTURE, robe, vest, habiliment, garb.

~Vestry~, _n._ Sacristry, vestry-room.

~Vesture~, _n._ Garment, dress, robe, vestment, vest, clothes, clothing, apparel, attire, habit, garb, costume, habiliment, toilet, raiment, gear, outfit, accoutrement, equipment, suit, rigging, trappings, TOGGERY, ARRAY.

~Veteran~, _a._ Old (_in experience_), experienced (_especially in war_).

~Veteran~, _n._ Old soldier.

~Veterinarian~, _n._ Farrier, horse-doctor, horse-leech, veterinary surgeon.

~Veterinary surgeon~, Farrier, veterinarian.

~Veto~, _n._ Prohibition (_of a legislative act by the Executive_), refusal to sanction.

~Veto~, _v. a._ Prohibit, forbid, negative.

~Vex~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tease, torment, plague, harass, worry, harry, hector, distress, annoy, trouble, fret, provoke, offend, irritate, gall, chafe, displease, molest, pester, bother, badger.

~2.~ Disturb, disquiet, agitate.

~Vexation~, _n._ ~1.~ Irritation, chagrin, displeasure, mortification.

~2.~ Torment, plague, trouble, annoyance, nuisance, curse.

~Vexatious~, _a._ Troublesome, irritating, provoking, annoying, harassing, painful, distressing.

~Vexed~, _a._ ~1.~ Irritated, plagued, worried, harassed, annoyed, troubled, provoked.

~2.~ Disputed, contested, in dispute.

~Via~, _ad._ [L.] [_Colloquial._] By way of.

~Viands~, _n. pl._ Food, victuals, BREAD.

~Vibrate~, _v. n._ Oscillate, swing, move to and fro, move backward and forward.

~Vibration~, _n._ Oscillation, swinging, nutation.

~Vibratory~, _a._ Vibrating, oscillating, oscillatory, swinging.

~Vicarious~, _a._ ~1.~ Deputed, delegated, commissioned.

~2.~ Substituted.

~Vice~, _n._ ~1.~ Defect, fault, blemish, imperfection.

~2.~ Wickedness, sin, iniquity, irregularity, depravity, immorality, laxity, indecorum, impropriety.

~Vice~, [L.] Instead of, in place of.

~Vicegerent~, _n._ Deputy, lieutenant, representative, agent.

~Vice-king~, _n._ Viceroy.

~Viceroy~, _n._ Vice-king.

~Vice versa~, [L.] Conversely, reversely.

~Vicinage~, _n._ Neighborhood, vicinity.

~Vicinity~, _n._ ~1.~ Nearness, proximity.

~2.~ Neighborhood, vicinage.

~Vicious~, _a._ ~1.~ Faulty, defective, imperfect.

~2.~ Wicked, mischievous, depraved, immoral, sinful, corrupt, unprincipled, abandoned, demoralized, bad, worthless, profligate.

~3.~ Unruly, refractory, contrary.

~Vicissitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Alternation, interchange, regular change, mutual succession.

~2.~ Variation, mutation, revolution.

~Victim~, _n._ ~1.~ Sacrifice.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Dupe, gull, cully, prey.

~Victimize~, _v. a._ [_Colloquial._] Cheat, dupe, trick, defraud, deceive, swindle, cozen, chouse, gull, overreach, befool, beguile, circumvent, diddle, hoodwink, bamboozle, impose upon, put upon, practise upon, play upon, take in.

~Victor~, _n._ Conqueror, vanquisher.

~Victorious~, _a._ Triumphant, conquering, successful.

~Victory~, _n._ Conquest, triumph.

~Victuals~, _n. pl._ FOOD, viands, BREAD.

~Vide~, [L.] See.

~Videlicet~, _ad._ [L. Usually represented by _viz._] Namely, to wit, that is, that is to say, to particularize, to be more explicit.

~Vie~, _v. n._ Contend, strive (_for superiority_).

~View~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Survey, scan, eye, see, witness, behold, inspect, explore, contemplate, look on or upon, turn the eyes to, have in sight.

~2.~ Consider, regard, ponder, study, think about, reflect upon.

~View~, _n._ ~1.~ Sight, survey, inspection.

~2.~ Prospect, scene, vista, perspective.

~3.~ Sketch, picture.

~4.~ Design, purpose, object, aim, intent, intention, scope, drift.

~5.~ Opinion, judgment, notion, belief, impression, idea, sentiment.

~Viewless~, _a._ Invisible, unseen, indiscernible, not to be seen.

~Vigil~, _n._ Watch, sleeplessness, abstinence from sleep.

~Vigilance~, _n._ Watchfulness, lookout, circumspection.

~Vigilant~, _a._ Watchful, circumspect, on the lookout, wide awake, on the alert.

~Vigor~, _n._ ~1.~ Strength, force, might, power.

~2.~ Energy, efficacy.

~3.~ Health, haleness, soundness, robustness, bloom, elasticity, tone.

~4.~ Thriftiness, flourishing condition.

~5.~ Liveliness, raciness, piquancy.

~Vigorous~, _a._ ~1.~ Strong, powerful, forcible, intense.

~2.~ Energetic, efficient, effective.

~3.~ Healthy, hale, robust, sturdy, sound, hardy, hearty, able-bodied, in health, in good health, not diseased.

~4.~ Thrifty, flourishing, growing well.

~5.~ Nervous, spirited, lively, sparkling, racy, pointed, piquant, impassioned.

~Vile~, _a._ ~1.~ Base, mean, low, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, grovelling, pitiful, ignoble, abject, scurvy, shabby, base-minded, foul.

~2.~ Sinful, wicked, knavish.

~3.~ Worthless, of poor quality, linsey-woolsey.

~Vileness~, _n._ ~1.~ Baseness, meanness, despicableness, foulness, abasement, shabbiness, abjectness, abjection.

~2.~ Wickedness, sinfulness, turpitude, knavery.

~3.~ Worthlessness, poor quality.

~Vilify~, _v. a._ Defame, traduce, revile, asperse, calumniate, scandalize, malign, reproach, abuse, blacken, blemish, slur, vituperate, backbite, lampoon, disparage, upbraid, berate, run down, speak ill of, accuse falsely, damn with faint praise.

~Villa~, _n._ Country house, country seat.

~Village~, _n._ Hamlet, town.

~Villain~, _n._ Rascal, knave, scoundrel, rogue, scamp, reprobate, scapegrace, miscreant, caitiff, vile wretch.

~Villanous~, _a._ [Written also _Villainous_.] ~1.~ Base, mean, vile.

~2.~ Wicked, knavish, atrocious, heinous, sinful, nefarious, outrageous, very bad.

~Villany~, _n._ [Written also _Villainy_.] ~1.~ Baseness, VILENESS.

~2.~ Wickedness, sinfulness, depravity, turpitude, atrocity, criminality, infamy.

~3.~ Roguery, rascality, knavery, knavishness, dishonesty, trickery.

~Vinculum~, _n._ [L. _pl. Vincula_.] Bond, tie, link, copula, connective.

~Vindicate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Justify, defend, uphold, speak for, contend for.

~2.~ Assert, maintain, support, stand by, make good.

~Vindicable~, _a._ Justifiable, warrantable, defensible, right, fit, proper.

~Vindication~, _n._ ~1.~ Justification, plea, defence, excuse, apology.

~2.~ Assertion, maintenance, support.

~Vindictive~, _a._ Revengeful, unforgiving, unrelenting, implacable, vengeful, rancorous, malevolent, malicious, malignant, spiteful, resentful.

~Vindicator~, _n._ ~1.~ Assertor, pleader.

~2.~ Defender, champion.

~Vine-fretter~, _n._ Aphis, plant-louse, puceron.

~Vinegar~, _n._ Acetic acid (_dilute and impure_).

~Violate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Break, Infringe, transgress, invade, break through, trench upon, encroach upon, set at nought.

~2.~ Profane, desecrate, pollute, do violence to.

~3.~ Abuse, outrage, ravish, deflour, debauch, constuprate, defile, commit rape upon.

~Violation~, _n._ ~1.~ Infringement, transgression, breaking, breach, non-observance.

~2.~ Profanation, desecration, pollution.

~3.~ Ravishment, ravishing, rape, constupration, STUPRATION, defloration, defilement.

~Violence~, _n._ ~1.~ Vehemence, impetuosity, boisterousness.

~2.~ Passion, fury, fierceness, wildness, rage.

~3.~ Outrage, injustice, injury, unlawfulness, sway or brute force, reign of terror.

~4.~ Sharpness, acuteness, severity, poignancy, intensity.

~Violent~, _a._ ~1.~ Boisterous, furious, impetuous, vehement.

~2.~ Fierce, fiery, fuming, raging, ungovernable, infuriate, passionate, high, hot.

~3.~ Unnatural, effected by force, unlawful.

~4.~ Unjust, outrageous.

~5.~ Sharp, severe, acute, poignant, intense, exquisite, pungent.

~Violin~, _n._ Fiddle, KIT.

~Virago~, _n._ ~1.~ Female warrior.

~2.~ Termagant, vixen, shrew, tartar, brawler, scold.

~Virgin~, _n._ Maid, maiden, girl, LASSIE, lass, damsel, miss.

~Virgin~, _a._ ~1.~ Chaste, pure, undefiled, maidenly.

~2.~ Fresh, unused, untouched, new.

~Virginity~, _n._ Maidenhood.

~Viridescent~, _a._ Greenish.

~Viridity~, _n._ Greenness, verdancy.

~Virile~, _a._ Manly, masculine

~Virility~, _n._ Manhood.