Vocabulary

I love learning new English words. I'm an english student, writer, and not a native speaker. Knowing more words gives me the freedom to better express myself, and to understand the world better!

Sometimes I study vocabulary about a specific topic, e.g. clothing, pirates, and the judicial system. But most of the time I just study those that I have come across while reading and watching TV/movies; I always write down words that I don't know or am not sure of. (I've collected over 2,000 words over the last few years!)

To study vocabulary I use vocabulary.com, a wonderful site that makes it very easy to create vocab lists (you can paste entire e-books into it and it will pick out the difficult words!), and it's fun to study the lists! I also love the way they give definitions, because the descriptions are funny and memorable. This is starting to sound like an ad, so I'll stop. Here's my profile. I have 1,685,045 points at the time of writing and have learned over 1,000 words (and surely forgotten at least half of them...).

To revise vocabulary I have studied before I usually export the words from vocabulary.com (using my own userscript) and import them into Quizlet, which is a flashcard site/app that I also love using for studying for Uni. I also coded a little vocabulary manager tool to help with sorting and filtering my vocabulary lists.

My Favorite Words

beckon · cacophony · calamity · carnage · chiaroscuro · commiserate · copacetic · coveted · elicit · eviscerate · faux · gore · gravitas · laden · languidly · mewl · unwell · vaguely · wanton · woe

Themed Vocabulary Lists

Clothing ~45 terms
Judicial system, court, etc. ~85 terms
Pirates and ships ~110 terms
Words from "Dracula" (the novel) ~80 terms

Other Words

These are unsorted words which I learned after reaching English level C1. This means they are intermediate or advanced. If you spot a word that sounds very easy I probably mean an alternative definition.

Feel free to copy them all and paste them into the vocabulary.com importer, or pick out the ones that interest you and learn them in any way you want.

Unsorted words I have learned: (628)

abate, abattoir, abject, abscess, abscond, accede, accumulation, acrid, acuity, adversary, affluent, afghan, agate, aggregate, agnostic, airily, alembic, alight, amend, amenity, amicable, animosity, antiphon, apex, apiary, apotheosis, appall, appraise, apprehensive, aptitude, arbiter, archaic, ardent, argent, argot, arid, artifice, astute, attest, auspices, austerity, avarice, axillary, bacchanal, balm, banal, basin, bearing, bedraggled, beguiling, belligerence, belligerent, bemused, berate, bereft, bespoke, bilious, blandishment, blithe, bludgeon, bode, bodice, bodkin, boisterous, bonhomie, bout, bravado, brazen, brethren, browbeat, calumny, caper, caprice, capricious, catatonic, cerebrate, cessation, chagrin, charlatan, chaste, chew the fat, chickpea, cilantro, circumflex, circumspect, clamber, cloy, coeval, cognomen, complacently, complaisant, conceit, concession, concupiscence, concur, conflagration, conifer, consecrate, consolidate, constable, constitute, construe, contemptuous, contender, contingency, contravene, contrite, convection, conversant, conviction, convivial, coppice, coroner, corpuscle, corroborate, courtship, covenant, crass, credulous, crestfallen, cumin, cummerbund, cusp, dappled, daunt, dauntless, debauch, debouch, deciduous, decomposition, deference, deign, delve, demoniac, demur, demure, denounce, deride, derision, desalination, desertification, despondent, detrimental, devolve, dew, diaphanous, diffident, digress, dingy, dinky, disarming, disdain, disdainful, dissemination, dissipate, distortion, diurnal, divan, diverting, doctrine, drab, dropsy, drudgery, duly, dysentery, dyspepsia, ebullience, ecumenical, edifying, effulgence, eldritch, emaciated, embroil, eminent, enmity, ensconce, entrails, entreaty, epiphany, equanimity, equinox, equipoise, erosion, eschew, escrow, esoteric, especial, essay, estimable, estuary, eviscerate, evocative, exaltation, excitation, execrable, exempt, exhilaration, expedient, exultation, exulting, facetious, facsimile, factoid, fallacious, falter, fastidious, fervent, fervid, fervor, fetid, fey, filly, flippant, floe, flounce, flounder, folly, forbearing, fowl, fractious, fray, frayed, frenzy, friable, frisk, frivolous, frock, frowsy, gall, gambol, gauche, gaunt, gauntlet, gemmed, gesticulate, gilt, gizmo, glaucous, glib, goad, gossamer, gouache, hackneyed, haggard, hamper, hapless, hassock, heady, heinous, henceforth, heuristic, hitch, hitherto, hoary, hone, hoodwink, hoyden, hypochondriac, idiosyncratic, ignominious, illicit, illusive, imbue, immemorial, immure, impalpable, imperious, impervious, impetuous, impetus, impudent, inane, incandescent, incantation, incendiary, incidence, incorrigible, incredulous, incursion, indict, indignant, indisposed, indolent, indomitable, indulgent, ineffable, inert, infer, infiltration, infirm, influx, ingenuous, inhibition, inimical, injunction, innocuous, inordinate, inquest, inquisitive, insensate, insidious, insinuation, insolent, insouciance, intemperate, inter, interminable, interpose, intersperse, intrepid, intrinsic, inutile, inveigle, inveterate, iridescent, irrigation, itinerant, jaded, jibe, jocose, juvenile, ken, laconic, laden, lament, languidly, languish, languor, languorous, lapel, largesse, lascivious, latitude, lee, levity, levy, lichen, ligature, limpid, listless, litany, lithe, loll, longitude, louche, lucre, lurid, macintosh, madrigal, maelstrom, magnanimous, magnitude, malignant, manger, mangy, manifold, marauder, maudlin, maven, mawkish, meager, meek, mercurial, meretricious, meridian, minutely, mirage, mire, missive, mitigate, moat, molasses, moll, mollycoddle, moraine, morass, mordant, morose, multitudinous, mutinous, myopia, myriad, nape, nates, nativity, neuralgia, neurotic, noisome, nonplussed, noxious, nubile, obsequious, officious, omnipotence, opprobrium, opulent, orbit, ornate, ostensible, ostentatious, palliative, pallid, pallor, palpitate, paltry, paradigm, paramount, parapet, pare, parsimonious, pastiche, pastoral, pathos, pedagogic, perdition, perfunctory, perilous, perineum, perpendicular, petulantly, philistine, pigeonhole, pinnace, pious, pithy, placate, plaintively, plangent, plantation, plash, pliant, ply, poised, poltroon, porcine, portmanteau, postulate, pragmatic, pram, precarious, precipitation, prehensile, prerequisite, prerogative, priggish, prim, prissy, privation, proclivity, prodigious, proffer, prolific, promiscuous, propagation, propriety, prosaic, protuberant, provenance, providence, prudent, pry, purblind, purge, quaff, quell, quiescence, quintessence, raffish, ramshackle, rapture, ratline, rebuff, rebuke, reciprocity, reconcile, recourse, recrimination, recumbent, redolent, refractory, regal, relegate, relent, remiss, remit, remunerative, renegade, repentant, reprisal, reproach, reproachful, reverence, ribald, rile, rill, rime, roan, rudimentary, ruefully, russet, sable, saccharine, salient, sallow, sanctity, sanguine, saturnine, scabrous, scalawag, scallion, scrupulous, scythe, sediment, seraglio, shirk, shoal, shoat, shoddy, shrewd, shrub, simper, simulacrum, singularity, sleet, sodden, solace, solecism, solemn, solstice, sonorous, sordid, specious, spoor, sportive, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, stilted, stipple, stricture, stupor, subdued, succumb, superintendent, supple, surmise, surreptitious, susurration, swain, sycophantic, symbiosis, synchronous, syncope, tacit, taciturn, tally, talus, tamp, tantalizing, tantamount, tartan, taupe, tawdry, temerity, temperance, tempestuous, tenacity, tentatively, tenuous, tenure, terse, tidal wave, timbre, tome, torpid, torrid, tremulous, trepidation, trifling, trite, trochee, ululation, undine, undulate, unfettered, ungainly, unimpeachable, untenable, unwonted, upheaval, usurper, vagabond, vagrant, valetudinarian, valor, vapid, vehemently, veld, verdure, vernal, vestige, vexed, vicarious, vicinity, vicissitude, vigil, vindicated, visceral, vitiate, vocation, volatile, volition, voluble, voluptuous, voyeur, vulgarian, wadi, waive, wallow, wan, wanton, wayward, wharf, winsome, wrought, wry, zeal, zenith

Unsorted words I have yet to learn or revise: (1669)

abase, abashed, aberrant, aberration, abhor, abhorrence, abide, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abstruse, abundantly, accession, accost, accosted, accosting, accoutrement, accursed, acquit, acquittal, acrimonious, actuary, adjoining, adjure, admonish, admonishment, admonition, adroit, adulation, adverse, affable, affectation, affidavit, affront, agglomeration, aggrieve, agitation, alacrity, albeit, alcove, alimony, allay, allaying, alleviate, alleviation, allotted, alloy, alpenstocks, altercation, altogether, altruism, altruistic, amalgamate, amalgamated, amalgamation, amble, amenable, amenities, amorphous, ample, anathema, anathemas, anguish, anodyne, anon, antecedent, anthropomorphism, antipodes, apace, aperture, aphorisms, apparition, appraisals, apprehension, apprise, apprised, approbation, apt, aquiline, arbor, arcade, arcane, archetypal, archipelago, ardor, arduous, armoire, arraignment, arresting, ascertain, ascertaining, askew, assail, assailant, assent, assented, assiduity, assiduous, assuage, assuaged, atrium, atrocity, attenuated, attested, audacious, audacity, audit, auditor, auspicious, austere, avail, avant-garde, avaricious, avidity, awestruck, awol, bailiff, baleful, balk, balustrade, bandstand, banister, barbed, bargains, baronet, bask, battlement, bawdy, beatific, beck, bedlam, bedsteads, beeline, befit, befuddled, beget, begotten, begrudge, beguile, behest, beholden, behoove, belfry, belie, belied, belittled, bellhop, bellows, beneficence, benevolent, benighted, benign, bereaved, bereavement, berth, beset, besot, besotted, bifocals, bigwig, bilateral, billet, billowing, bivouac, black ops, blackballed, blatant, blight, blot, blotted, blotter, blue books, bluster, blusterers, blustery, bodega, boggy, bolster, boon, boorish, borderlands, bough, bounded, bracken, brambly, bric-a-brac, bridle, brim, brimstone, brine, bris, brisk, bristling, brittle, brocade, broil, brouhaha, brunt, bulwark, buoyant, bureau, bureaucracy, burgeoning, burlap, burnish, burnished, bushwack, buttress, by-word, byre, caboose, cad, cadaverous, cajole, cajoling, caliber, callous, callousness, callow, calvinistic, camaraderie, candid, candor, candour, cantankerous, cantering, canvass, capacious, capitulate, cardinal, carnal, carped, carrion, carte blanche, casement, catechising, caterwauling, catkin, caucus, caucuses, cavalier, cenotaph, censure, centigrade, cesspool, cetacean, chaff, chaise, chary, chastise, chemise, cherub, chicanery, chide, chimera, chirruping, choicest, choleric, churlish, churning, cinch, circuitous, clammy, clamor, clamorous, clandestine, clavicle, clemency, cloister, clotted, cluttery, coax, coaxing, codicil, coed, cogitate, collected, collieries, colloquialism, combative, combe, comeuppance, commenced, commend, compelled, complacent, complicity, composite, comprised, compunction, con, concede, conciliate, concourse, concubine, condemn, condemnations, conducive, conductive, confer, conferred, confidant, congealed, congenial, congenital, congestion, conglomerate, congruent, conjecture, conjectured, conjugal, connive, conniving, conscientious, consign, consigned, conspicuous, conspirator, conspiratorial, constituent, consul, consummate, contagion, contempt, contemptible, contend, contentious, contrition, contrivance, contrive, contrived, convalescent, convent, convey, conveyance, convoy, convulsion, convulsive, copse, cord, corrugated, cosmopolitan, cosset, cosseted, countenance, countermand, coup de grâce, coursed, couth, couture, cower, cowl, cowpoke, coy, crafty, crags, credence, credenza, credo, credulity, creed, cretin, crinoline, crony, croon, crucible, crud, cue, cull, culvert, cumbersome, cumulative, cupola, cur, cursory, curtail, cygnet, cynicism, cypresses, daguerreotypes, dainty, dais, damascene, damask, debauchery, debility, decadence, decadent, decamped, decanter, declivity, decorous, decrepitly, decried, decry, deep-six, defer, deferential, defiant, defiles, deft, dejected, delinquency, delirious, delirium, deliverance, deluded, deluge, demeanor, demerit, deplorable, deportment, deposition, depraved, deputation, derelict, derisive, derivation, despondency, despotism, destitute, destitution, detractor, detritus, dexterous, diagetic, diaphragm, diatribe, dichotomy, dictum, diffidence, dilettante, diligent, diminution, diminutive, din, disarray, disavowal, discern, disciple, disclosures, discombobulated, disconcert, disconcerted, disconsolate, discord, disinclination, disinter, dismal, dismay, dismissive, disparaging, dispassionate, dispel, dispelled, dispense, dispirited, disposed, disquiet, disquieting, dissension, dissent, dissipated, dissolute, dissuade, distillery, disused, dithering, diverted, dividends, divisive, divot, divulge, divvy, doggedly, dogma, dogmatic, dole, doleful, doling, domicile, don, dote, doted, doting, dotty, dour, dovetail, dovetailed, dowdy, draggled, draught, drawl, drivel, droll, drooped, drudge, dryad, ducats, ductile, duffer, dulcet, dullard, dun, dunce, dupe, duress, earmark, earthenware, ebb, eccentric, ecotone, eddy, edict, edifice, edify, efface, effaced, effervescent, efficacy, effigies, egalitarian, egregious, egress, eke, elegy, eloquence, elucidate, elude, emanation, embankment, embassy, emcee, eminence, emulation, emulsify, encumbered, encumbrance, endeavouring, endowed, engender, engrossed, ennui, ensconced, entrenched, enunciate, envisaged, epigram, epigrams, epithet, epochal, eponymous, ere, escapade, espouse, esquire, estranged, eulogies, evanescence, exalted, exalting, exasperating, exhumed, exorbitant, expatriate, expeditious, expostulation, expound, extoll, extolled, extolling, extortion, extradite, extradition, extricate, exuberant, exude, exultingly, facile, fain, fanfare, farce, farrago, fatalistic, fatuous, fatuousness, favourable, feculence, feebly, felicity, fender, ferries, festoon, fetter, fibrous, fickle, fiddler, filament, filibuster, filigree, finesse, finicky, fissile, flagging, flagrant, flagstones, fleabag, fleeting, flit, flout, fluke, flummoxed, flurry, fob, fodder, foibles, foliage, foray, ford, forebear, forebearing, foreboding, foregone, forestall, forgo, forlorn, fornication, forthright, fortuitous, frail, fraught, frazzle, freight, frenetic, frenzied, fret, frieze, fronds, froth, frothy, fulminate, fulminating, fulsome, fungible, furled, furnish, furrows, furtively, fusty, futile, futility, gabble, gabbling, gable, gainsay, gait, gallant, gallivant, gallivanting, galore, galoshes, galvanize, gamut, gander, gangling, gangway, garret, garrison, garrote, garters, gavel, genial, geniality, genteel, gentile, geriatric, germane, gesticulating, gibbet, girder, glen, gnarled, gnats, gnawing, goggle, gorge, gosling, gourds, graft, grandstand, grapple, gratuitous, gravely, greenroom, gregarious, grift, gripe, gritty, grody, grovel, grub, grubbing, gruel, guffawed, guile, guileless, gullet, gully, gumption, gumshoe, gusher, guttural, haberdasher, haberdashery, habitual, hackles, hamlet, handset, hanker, hansom, haphazard, hardy, harebrained, harrumph, hassle, hastened, haughty, hauling, haunches, haymaker, hazarded, headlong, heath, heather, hedge, hedonism, heedless, heft, hellenic, hemophilia, heresy, heretic, heretical, hermetic, hick, high and dry, hindrance, histrionic, hither, ho-hum, hoarfrost, hobble, hobnob, hock, hodgepodge, hokey, homogenous, horticulture, hovel, hubbub, hullabaloo, humdrum, hunker, hurtling, hutch, ideology, idolatry, ilk, imminent, impasse, impassive, impede, impediment, impel, impelled, imperceptible, imperil, impertinence, impertinent, imperturbable, implacable, importunate, imprudent, impunity, inadvertent, inaugurated, incensed, inchoate, incidentally, incipient, inclement, inclination, incongruous, inconsolable, incredulity, incumbent, incur, indefatigable, indelible, indemnified, indemnify, indicative, indictment, indistinct, indolence, indubitably, induce, industrious, inexorable, inextricably, infallible, inference, inferential, infidel, infirmity, inflection, infraction, ingenious, ingrate, iniquities, iniquity, innate, inscrutable, insipid, instigated, insurgent, insurmountable, insurrection, intemperance, intercede, interim, interloper, interlude, interment, intermittent, internment, interred, intimated, intone, intractable, intransigent, intricate, intrigue, inundated, invariably, inveiglement, invigorate, invigorated, invigorating, iota, irascible, ire, irked, ironclad, irreconcilable, irresolute, irreverent, itinerary, jaunt, jeer, jiggered, jilt, jolt, joshing, jostled, jowls, jubilant, juddering, judiciously, juggernaut, juju, jut, jutting, kibble, kinswoman, kismet, klaxon, knave, knobs, knoll, lacerated, laceration, lachrymose, lackey, lakey, lampoon, lank, larded, larder, lark, lashings, lassitude, latent, lathe, latrine, laudable, laureate, laurel, layman, lectern, ledger, leer, leery, leeve, leeward, leeway, leveret, liaison, libel, licentious, lilt, limber, limpet, linchpin, lineament, listlessly, litigant, litigation, liturgy, livery, loaferssae, lofty, lollop, lolloping, looming, loped, loquacious, lorgnette, lorgnettes, lull, lunacy, lurch, luscious, magistrate, maladies, maladjusted, malady, malarkey, malediction, malefactor, malign, malodorous, manky, mar, martyr, martyrdom, materially, maunder, mauve, maverick, maw, meander, mediate, mellifluous, memorandum, mendacious, mercenary, merit, mesh, methodical, meticulous, mettle, miasma, midst, milling, mimosa, mincing, ministrations, minstrel, mired, misanthrope, misanthropy, misbegotten, miscegenation, misdemeanor, misgive, modicum, modulate, monogram, moot, morbid, morsel, mortar, mortuary, motley, mottled, multifarious, munificent, muster, nab, nary, nefarious, negging, newel, nib, niggling, nimble, nomenclature, nonpartisan, nook, notary, notoriety, notwithstanding, obfuscate, oblige, oblique, oblivious, obstinacy, obstinancy, obstinate, obtuse, obviate, ocher, off-kilter, oleander, onerous, onset, onslaught, opportune, opulence, oratory, ordain, ordure, orotund, orthodox, oscillated, ousted, out of sorts, overawed, overhang, overture, pail, pall, palpitation, panache, panegyric, parabel, paralegal, paraphernalia, paraplegic, parish, parley, parlor, parry, parrying, parson, parsonage, partisan, parturition, pathological, pathology, patois, patter, peacoat, peal, peaty, pecuniary, pedant, pedantic, peddlers, pedigree, pedlar, peeved, peevish, pell-mell, penance, penitence, pennant, pensive, perched, peremptory, perfidious, perforated, perforation, peripheral, peristyles, perjury, perpetual, perpetuity, persona non grata, personable, perspicacity, pertinent, perturbed, perusal, peruse, pervious, pestilence, pestilent, pestilental, petticoat, petulance, pewter, philandering, philanthropist, phlegmatic, phosphorescent, piety, pike, pinion, pinioned, pinnacle, pinny, piquancy, piquant, piteous, pittance, pivot, placard, placidly, plaintive, plantain, platitude, platitudes, plebeian, plenitude, plight, plowing, plumage, plumb, plunged, pluralized, poignant, poise, poncey, ponderous, pontiff, pontificate, porpoise, portico, posit, posterity, poultice, powder keg, prate, prattle, preamble, precedent, preceding, precipices, precipitate, precipitous, preclude, precocious, precociousness, predilection, predisposition, preen, preening, preliminary, presentiment, pretense, pretensions, preternatural, prevail, privy, procession, professing, profligacy, profusion, progenitor, proletariat, proliferation, promenade, promontory, propensities, propensity, propitiate, propitious, proprietary, proprietor, proselytes, prostrate, protracted, protruding, provident, provocation, prowess, prudence, pruney, prurient, pugnacity, pulpit, pungent, purport, purportedly, purveyor, purview, putrefaction, pylon, pyre, quadrille, quagmire, quail, qualm, quarreling, quaver, quay, quenched, querulous, quibble, quixotic, rabble, ragamuffin, raillery, raincheck, rainmaking, rake, rakish, rally, rambunctious, ramification, rampant, ramparts, rancor, rancorous, rankled, ransack, rapier, rapt, rasped, ratify, raucous, rave, ravenous, ravish, ream, rebate, recant, recesses, recommence, reconciliation, recondite, reconnaissance, recuse, reductive, reed, refutation, regale, regatta, regent, rein, reiterate, rejoinder, rejuvenated, relinquish, remarks, remedial, reminiscent, remittance, remonstrance, remonstrate, renounce, renunciation, reparation, replenishing, replete, repose, reprieve, reprimand, reprove, repugnance, repugnant, repulsed, resound, respite, resplendent, restive, resuscitate, retaliating, retentive, reticence, reticent, retrograde, revel, revelation, revelatory, revelry, reverberating, reverberation, reverend, reverie, rheumatism, rick, ricochet, rigmarole, rigorous, ring-fence, riotous, riposte, ripostes, rite, rivet, rivulet, romp, rotunda, rouse, rout, rove, ruddy, rue, rummages, rump, ruts, sabbatical, sagaciously, sagged, sallied, sallowness, sally, salve, sanctify, sanctimonious, sardonic, sashay, satyr, saunter, sauntered, savant, scabbard, scant, scanty, scarper, scintillating, scintillation, scion, sconce, scorn, scourge, scrabbling, scruples, scudded, scullery, scurrying, scuttle, scuttled, sear, searing, secession, sectary, seldom, self-aggrandisement, self-effacing, semblance, sentinel, sentry, sequester, sequestered, serendipitous, serenity, servile, sham, shank, shawl, sheaf, sheer, shrapnel, sic, sideboard, sidle, sidled, sift, sinew, sinewy, singed, sire, sirloin, skeevy, skeins, skirmishes, skirting, slacks, slake, slammer, sleuce, sleuth, slink, slog, slump, smokescreen, smorgasbord, smug, snare, snub, sodomy, sojourn, sojourned, solicit, sombre, soporif, sot, spar, sparring, spasmodic, speckled, spick, spiel, spigot, spinet, spinney, spitball, spur, spurned, spurt, sputter, squabble, squabbling, squalls, squalor, squander, squire, staccato, stagecoach, stagnant, stagnate, staid, starkness, stave, stave off, steeple, steeplechase, sterling, steward, stewardship, stifle, stile, stint, stipend, stipulate, stipulated, stipulation, stirred, stoat, stodgy, stolid, stonewall, stoop, stout, stoutest, straggling, stratagem, strident, strife, stringent, sty, subjection, subjugation, sublimity, subpoena, subside, subsidiary, substantial, subterfuge, subversive, successive, succinct, sud, suds, sufferance, suffuse, sullen, sultry, sumptuous, sunder, sundry, supercilious, superciliousness, supine, supplication, supposition, surfeit, surly, surmount, suspended, suture, svelte, sweltering, syllabub, syndicate, synergy, tabernacle, taffeta, taper, tarmac, tarnished, tasselled, tatter, taut, tawny, taxonomy, teem, teeming, telltale, tempered, tempest, temporize, tendency, tendril, tenor, tepid, thane, thatched, thicket, thimble, thoroughfare, thrall, threadbare, throes, throng, thrum, thwart, tidings, tiller, tinge, tirade, titter, toil, toiler, took no pains, torpor, torrent, tortuous, tousle, touted, tractability, traipse, traipsed, traipsing, trammel, transient, travail, trellis, trenchant, tress, tribulation, trifle, trough, trounce, trowel, truculent, tryst, tumult, tumultuous, turbid, turf, turgid, turnpike, turnstile, tussles, tussock, tussocks, tutelage, twang, ubiquitous, ulster, umber, unabashed, unabated, unanimous, unassailable, uncongenial, unconscionable, uncouth, undaunted, undergrowth, understate, undertaker, undue, unduly, unerring, unmitigated, unobtrusive, unprecedented, unscrupulous, upbraiding, uppity, urchin, usurpation, uttering, vacillating, valiant, vamoose, vanquish, vargo, varnished, vaulted, veered, veneer, venerable, venerated, veneration, venison, veracity, verbosity, verdant, verdigris, verger, verges, versatile, vested interest, vex, viand, viands, vicissitudes, vigilant, virile, viscera, vista, vitality, vitriol, vivacious, vivacity, vivify, vivisecting, volatility, vole, volley, volubly, voracious, vouchsafed, vulpine, vying, wade, wainscoting, wane, waning, warble, warbled, warren, waterfront, waver, wavered, wayfaring, waylay, welled, welt, weskit, wheedle, wherefore, whet, whetted, whippet, whitewater, wicker, wigwar, wildebeest, wile, wilful, wiliest, wily, windfall, wiry, wispy, wisteria, wizen, woebegone, wont, wort, writ, writhe, writhing, yaw, yew, yip, yoke, zany, zealot, zest