| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| vacant | empty; not lived in, like a house that people have moved away from |
| vacation | a holiday |
| vaccinate | (say vaksinate) to give an injection that will prevent you from getting some diseases |
| vacuum | a space with no air in it |
| vagabond | a wanderer, aimless, rascal |
| vagrant | wandering, unsettled |
| vague | not very clear or sure |
| vain | thinking how pretty or good-looking you are; having a very good opinion of yourself |
| valiant | bold, courageous, brave, heroic |
| valley | the low land between two hills or mountains |
| valuable | worth a lot of money; high-priced: important |
| value | the worth of something; the price or cost of something |
| vampire | a blood-sucker, a dead person turned ghost out of the grave to suck the blood of the living ones |
| van | a closed motor vehicle used for carrying things from place to place. The same word also means a special carriage used for luggage, mail and animals |
| vane | a shaped piece of metal on top of a building, that swings to show which way the wind is blowing |
| vanish | to go out of sight very quickly; to disappear |
| vanity | too high an opinion of yourself |
| vanquish | to conquer, overcome, defeat |
| vapour | mist, steam or smoke floating in the air |
| variance | disagreement, dissension, discord |
| variety | a collection of many kinds of things; a show with different kinds of entertainment |
| various | different; many; several. Ice cream comes in various flavours |
| varnish | a clear liquid that you paint on to wood and metal to make it look shiny |
| vase | a pretty container for putting flowers in |
| vast | huge; very big; immense |
| vegetable | any plant used for food |
| vehicle | any form of transport with wheels |
| veil | a thin piece of netting or material, worn by women to hide their faces or to protect them from strong wind or sunshine |
| vein | one of the very thin long tubes that carry the blood around in your body |
| velvet | soft warm material that looks and feels like very thin fur |
| vengeance | revenge |
| ventilator | a small opening in a wall to let stale air out or fresh air in |
| verandah | an open porch with a roof, joined on to a house |
| verse | poetry; part of a poem |
| vessel | a ship. The same word also means a container, usually for liquid |
| vest | an undershirt; a waistcoat |
| vet | a person who looks after sick animals. The word is short for veterinary surgeon. The same word also means to examine something to see that it is all right |
| vex | to annoy someone or make him cross |
| vibrate | to wave to and fro, swing, quiver |
| vice | a blemish, fault, moral failing |
| vicious | wicked; fierce; very spiteful |
| victim | a person who is hurt in some way or is killed by someone else’s action |
| victory | the winning of a battle or contest |
| videotape | a special kind of tape that shows pictures and gives out sounds when it is played through a special machine |
| view | what you can see in front of you. When you are on top of a hill, you have a good view of the countryside around the hill |
| vigour | strength |
| village | houses and buildings all together, like a town but smaller |
| villain | a bad man; a rogue |
| villainy | wickedness, depravity, a crime |
| vine | a plant that climbs up poles or a fence or wall of creeps along on the ground. Some vines have grapes on them |
Abbreviation An abbreviation is a short form of a word or expression. Abbreviations are used for words used frequently.