Vacillate- indecisive, waver, hesitate
Vacuous- silly, inane, unintelligent, idiot, vapid
Opp: intelligent
Vagrant- drifter, down and out, nomad, beachcomber, transient
Valedictory- farewell, goodbye , leaving, parting
Valetudinarian- hypochondriac, obsessed with one’s health, neurotic
Valour- bravery, courage, heroism, dauntlessness, boldness
Opp: cowardice
Variegated- multicolored, prismatic, kaleidoscopic, streaked, splotchy
Opp: plain, monochrome
Vegetate- ideal, languish, lounge, molder, stagnate
Vehemence- strength, vigor, intensity, keenness, enthusiasm, zeal
Veneer- surface, lamination, layer, disguise, semblance
Venerate- reverence, worship, exalt, adore, honor
Venomous- toxic, fatal, deadly, lethal, spiteful
Opp: harmless, benevolent
Vent- opening, aperture, hole, orifice, duct
Verbatim- line for line, precisely, literally, exactly, closely
Verdant- leafy, grassy, lush, rich, verdurous
Vicarious- second hand, derived, substitute, empathetic
Vile- nasty, loathsome, hateful, sickening, execrable
Vindicate- clear, acquit, exonerate, absolve
Vindictive- unforgiving, acrimonious, mean, spiteful, malevolent
Virulent- toxic, venomous, pernicious, damaging
Opp: harmless, amicable
Vituperation- opprobrium, criticism, vilification, denunciation
Vivacious- buoyant, spirited, bubbly, chirpy, peppy
Opp: dull
Vociferous- vocal sense
Voluminous- roomy, spacious, generous, loose fitting
Voracious- unappeasable, prodigious, compulsive, gluttonous
Vulnerable- endangered, unguarded, assailable, exposed
Opp: resilient

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4 Responses to “GRE Essential Vocabulary List – V”

1. Mugabi Fred on December 8th, 2009 4:34 pm

   Thank you so much indeed for the work you are doing to whet our brains. I just wanted to know whether the substitute word you used for vicarious i.e “empathetic” is correct. In my opinion, I think it should be “empathic.”

   I will be very grateful on receiving a reply from you.
   Thanks indeed

2. AnuVeluri on December 9th, 2009 7:55 am

   Hi Fred..thanks for your valuable comments..Fred it is ‘empathetic’ only..:-)

   Regards,

3. Enyingwa joseph on January 29th, 2011 2:12 am

   I will appreciate it. If, when stating the meaning of a word . It is used in a sentence. To help the student understand better. And also give the root word of the word. Thank you

4. shipra on February 3rd, 2011 4:39 am

   Thanks for your comment Enyingwa, good suggestion indeed;however, if you are looking for root words then kindly visit following link : http://learnwordlist.com/blog/some-important-root-words-for-gre-wordlist/2010/10/gre-word-list-test-blog-barrons-vocabulary

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