List 14 for Mrs. Hedlund's Class

Jody H. (United States of America)
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  1. vain
    having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
    Her friends thought she was vain for wearing her best outfit to the party.
    Also means: unproductive of success
  2. vane
    mechanical device attached to an elevated structure
    It is three stories tall, framed by timber with a steeply-pitched roof capped by a weather vane.
  3. vein
    a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart
    The company will seek approval to market the medicine for venous thromboembolism, blood clots that form in the veins.
  4. veracious
    precisely accurate
    Photius praises the style of Hesychius, and credits him with being a veracious historian.
  5. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
    That would at least be consistent with dragons’ voracious appetite for dwarves, men, and livestock—the winged beasts need to produce more rocket fuel.
  6. vial
    a small bottle that contains liquid medicine
    Computers and machines sort drugs into vials, label them, and pack them seamlessly.
  7. vile
    morally reprehensible
    Most of it was aimed at the “vile, hateful woman,” whose name she would no longer speak.
  8. waiver
    a formal written statement of relinquishment
    Some states, along with the District, offer waivers for people who are older or disabled to receive Medicaid-funded long-term care in their homes.
  9. waver
    pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
    She rarely wavers, or hints at doubt, even as her life is consumed by it.
  10. world
    all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
    "Social media is so big now that children with no access to it are losing out on a really important skill for the modern world."
  11. whorled
    in the shape of a coil
    He picked up a large whorled shell from the sand.
  12. unconscionable
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
    Such allegations were "unconscionable and untrue" but he had asked the security agencies and National Human Rights Commission to investigate them, he said.
  13. unconscious
    lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception
    She was unconscious all the time, and it did not take her very long to die.
  14. venal
    capable of being corrupted
    Now we learn that it was based in no small part on manipulative lies by venal bankers.
  15. venial
    warranting only temporal punishment
    If things had gone no further, Paul's escapades would have been nothing more than venial sins; but he soon launched out into greater depths.
  16. wave
    (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
    He like to wave with his open hands without raising them above his shoulders.
  17. waive
    do without or cease to hold or adhere to
    But the court ruled that such agreements must clarify that they did not waive an employee’s right to file a complaint with the labor board.
  18. unexceptional
    not special in any way
    More telling is what leaders do in mundane, day-to-day, unexceptional times.
  19. unexceptionable
    completely acceptable; not open to reproach
    Their wives and daughters are, in several instances, as unexceptionable as themselves, and perform their social duties in the same pleasing manner.
  20. vise
    a holding device attached to a workbench
    One man tightened the shells in a vise before sweeping over them with a grinder to remove surface imperfection.
  21. vice
    a specific form of evildoing
    His one fatal vice was drinking and driving.
Created on Tue Jan 07 18:32:09 EST 2014 (updated Tue Jan 06 19:57:47 EST 2015)

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