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victimized

adjective · of persons; taken advantage of

Example: after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used

victor hess

noun · United States physicist (born in Austria) who was a discoverer of cosmic radiation (1883-1964)

victoriously

adverb · in a victorious manner

Example: Virginia had defended her land victoriously

vicugna vicugna

noun · small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat

vie

verb · compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

vietnamese

adjective · of or relating to or characteristic of Vietnam or its people or its language ; the Vietnamese tonesVietnamese boat people"

Example: the Vietnamese countryside

view as

verb · keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view

Example: take for granted

vigil candle

noun · a candle lighted by a worshiper in a church

vigorously

adverb · with vigor; in a vigorous manner

Example: he defended his ideas vigorously

vii

adjective · being one more than six

viktor vasarely

noun · French painter (born in Hungary) who was a pioneer of op art (1908-1997)

vile

adjective · morally reprehensible

Example: would do something as despicable as murder

vilely

adverb · in a vile manner

Example: his vilely spelt and illiterate letters

vilify

verb · spread negative information about

Example: The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews

vilipend

verb · belittle

Example: The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts

villainous

adjective · extremely wicked

Example: nefarious schemes

villein

noun · (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

villoma

noun · a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass

villon

noun · French poet (flourished around 1460)

vinaigrette

noun · oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic

vincent's infection

noun · an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane

vindicate

verb · show to be right by providing justification or proof

Example: vindicate a claim

vindicated

adjective · freed from any question of guilt

Example: is absolved from all blame

vindictively

adverb · in a vindictive, revengeful manner

Example: he plotted vindictively against his former superiors

vinegary

adjective · having a sour disposition; ill-tempered

vineyard

noun · a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced

vinify

verb · convert a juice into wine by fermentation

Example: vinify grape juice

vinous

adjective · of or relating to wine

viocin

noun · a basic polypeptide antibiotic (trade name Viocin) administered intramuscularly (along with other drugs) in the treatment of tuberculosis

violable

adjective · capable of being violated

Example: a violable rule

violate

verb · destroy

Example: Don't violate my garden

violated

adjective · treated irreverently or sacrilegiously

violation

noun · entry to another's property without right or permission

violative

adjective · violating or tending to violate or offend against

Example: violative of the principles of liberty

violently

adverb · in a violent manner

Example: they attacked violently

violet-tinted

adjective · of something that is tinged with violet

vireo solitarius

noun · of eastern North America having a bluish-grey head and mostly green body

virginia mallow

noun · tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers

virginia stock

noun · erect branching herb cultivated for its loose racemes of fragrant white or pink or red or lilac flowers; native to sands and sea cliffs of southwestern Greece and southern Albania

virgule

noun · a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

virile

adjective · characteristic of a man

Example: a deep male voice

virilise

verb · produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy

Example: the drugs masculinized the teenage girl

virilize

verb · produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy

Example: the drugs masculinized the teenage girl

virtual

adjective · existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact

Example: a virtual dependence on charity

virtually

adverb · (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

Example: the job is (just) about done

virtuoso

adjective · having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

Example: a consummate artist

virtuous

adjective · in a state of sexual virginity

Example: pure and vestal modesty

virtuously

adverb · in a chaste and virtuous manner

Example: she lived chastely

virucidal

adjective · tending to destroy viruses

virulently

adverb · in a virulent manner

Example: an old woman advanced a few paces to shake her fist virulently in my face

vis-a-vis

adverb · face-to-face with; literally `face to face'

Example: they sat vis-a-vis at the table

visaged

adjective · having a face or visage as specified

Example: gloomy-visaged funeral directors