Putnam's Word Book
Chapter 250 : valuation, n. apprais.e.m.e.nt, appraisal.value, n. worth, excellence.value, v. apprai

valuation, n. apprais.e.m.e.nt, appraisal.

value, n. worth, excellence.

value, v. appraise; prize, esteem, appreciate.

vamose, v. (Slang) decamp, depart quickly, go.

vampire, n. extortioner, bloodsucker.

vandal, n. destroyer, iconoclast, hun.

vanish, v. See disappear.

vanis.h.i.+ng, a. evanescent, disappearing, transient.--n.

disappearance, evanescence.

vanity, n. unsubstantialness, unreality, inanity, delusiveness, emptiness, sham; conceit, self-admiration, egotism.

vanquish, v. overcome, defeat, subjugate, subdue, rout, overpower.

vanquishment, n. defeat, subjugation, routing, conquering.

vapid, a. lifeless, spiritless; insipid, stale, tasteless; prosy, tame.

vapidity, n. lifelessness; insipidity, tastelessness; prosiness, tameness.

vapor, n. gas, haze, fog, fume, effluvium, exhalation, reek, emanation, rack. a.s.sociated Words: atmology, atmolysis, atomize, atomization, exhale, emanate.

vaporize, v. evaporate.

vaporous, a. halituous, vapory, foggy.

variability, n. variableness, mutability, inconstancy, unsteadfastness.

variable, a. mutable, changeable. See changeable. Antonyms: invariable, unchangeable.

variance, n. change, alteration; dissension, disagreement, difference, nonconformity.

variation, n. mutation, change; deviation, diversity, discrepancy; diversification.

varied, a. various, diversified, different, motley.

variegated, a. mottled, diversified, motley, divers-colored, party-colored, polychrome.

variety, n. diversity, diversification, multiplicity, variousness; a.s.sortment, collection; kind, cla.s.s, species.

various, a. manifold, diverse, sundry, numerous, multifarious.

varnish, v. lacquer, j.a.pan, enamel, glaze; gloss over, palliate, extenuate.

varnish, n. lacquer; gloss, palliation, extenuation.

vary, v. diversify, variegate, modify; deviate, depart, swerve; disagree; modify, alternate.

va.s.sal, n. feudatory, beneficiary, subject, liege, liegeman.

vast, a. s.p.a.cious, immense, monstrous, huge, extensive, immeasurable.

vault, n. crypt, tomb, catacomb, ossuarium.

vault, v. leap over, spring, bound, jump; tumble.

vaulted, a. arched, concave.

vaunt, v. See boast.

veal, n. a.s.sociated Word: vituline.

veering, n. s.h.i.+ft, s.h.i.+fting; vacillation, tergiversation; temporizing, time-serving.

vegetable, n. plant, truck.

vegetable oyster. salsify.

vegetate, v. sprout, grow, germinate, pullulate; rusticate, hibernate.

vehemence, n. fervency, impetuosity, intensity, zeal. See ardor.

vehement, a. fervent, impetuous, ardent, pa.s.sionate, eager.

vehicle, n. conveyance, carriage; medium, instrument; excipient.

veil, v. screen, cloak, disguise, shroud, mask, conceal.

veil, n. disguise, pretense, cloak, mask, mantilla.

veiled, a. hidden, disguised, incognito.

vein, n. a.s.sociated Word: venous. See blood vessel.

vein, n. seam, lode.

venal, a. purchasable, mercenary, hireling.

vend, v. See sell.

venerate, v. reverence, revere, honor, esteem.

veneration, n. reverence, honor.