GRE Vocabulary

#981

vicarious

Adjective

Example sentences

1. She felt vicarious joy when her son won.
2. He enjoys vicarious adventure through travel books.
3. The film gave viewers a vicarious sense of danger.

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#982

vicissitude

Noun

Example sentences

1. The family survived every vicissitude of war.
2. One vicissitude of life can change our plans.
3. The business faced one vicissitude after another.

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#983

vie

Verb

Example sentences

1. Several teams will vie for the championship.
2. Two companies vie for control of the market.
3. The children vie for their teacher's attention.

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#984

vilify

Verb

Example sentences

1. The campaign tried to vilify its opponent.
2. It is unfair to vilify a person without evidence.
3. Some newspapers vilify anyone who disagrees.

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#985

vindicate

Verb

Example sentences

1. The new evidence may vindicate her.
2. His success helped vindicate the risky decision.
3. The court ruling did vindicate their claim.

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#986

vindictive

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The vindictive manager punished anyone who criticized him.
2. She sent a vindictive message after the argument.
3. His vindictive behavior damaged the whole team.

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#987

virago

Noun

Example sentences

1. The play presents the queen as a fierce virago.
2. Neighbors feared the angry virago next door.
3. The old story unfairly describes the strong woman as a virago.

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#988

vitriol

Noun

Example sentences

1. His speech was full of vitriol.
2. Online vitriol can cause real harm.
3. She refused to answer their vitriol with more anger.

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#989

vitriolic

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The newspaper published a vitriolic attack on the mayor.
2. His vitriolic comments shocked the audience.
3. The debate became personal and vitriolic.

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#990

vituperate

Verb

Example sentences

1. He began to vituperate his opponents.
2. The angry customer would vituperate the staff.
3. She refused to vituperate anyone in public.

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#991

vociferous

Adjective

Example sentences

1. A vociferous crowd demanded change.
2. She was vociferous in her support for the plan.
3. The most vociferous critics attended the meeting.

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#992

volubility

Noun

Example sentences

1. His volubility made the interview very long.
2. She impressed everyone with her cheerful volubility.
3. The speaker's volubility left little time for questions.

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#993

voracious

Adjective

Example sentences

1. He is a voracious reader.
2. The growing company has a voracious need for energy.
3. The voracious child ate everything on the table.

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#994

wanting

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The report was found wanting in several areas.
2. His explanation is wanting in detail.
3. The old system was wanting and needed reform.

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#995

wanton

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The attack was an act of wanton violence.
2. They caused wanton damage to the park.
3. The story condemns the ruler's wanton cruelty.

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#996

wax

Verb

Example sentences

1. His confidence began to wax after each success.
2. The moon will wax for the next two weeks.
3. Her influence continued to wax as the movement grew.

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#997

whimsical

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The garden has a whimsical design.
2. She told a whimsical story about a talking cat.
3. His whimsical drawings made the children smile.

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#998

winsome

Adjective

Example sentences

1. Her winsome smile made people feel welcome.
2. The child had a winsome personality.
3. His winsome manner helped him make friends.

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#999

zeitgeist

Noun

Example sentences

1. The film captures the zeitgeist of the 1990s.
2. Social media strongly shapes the modern zeitgeist.
3. The fashion reflected the youthful zeitgeist of the time.

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#1,000

zenith

Noun

Example sentences

1. Her career reached its zenith with the award.
2. The empire was at its zenith during that period.
3. At noon, the sun was near its zenith.

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