VOCABULARY OF WORDS USED IN THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON READING BOOK. (continued 2)
Reading edition
any capacity; anything containing; the containing parts of an animal body
VESU'VIUS, s.
a burning mountain near Naples
VICI'NITY, s.
nearness; state of being near
VICI'SSITUDE, s.
regular change; revolution
VI'CTIM, s.
sacrifice; something destroyed
VI'CTORY, s.
conquest; triumph
VI'GIL, s.
watch; a fast kept before a holiday
VI'GOROUS, a.
full of strength and life
VI'GOROUSLY, ad.
energetically; forcibly; with force; without weakness
VI'LLAGE, s.
a small collection of houses
VI'NDICATE, v.a.
justify; clear; assert; revenge
VI'NTAGE, s.
the produce of the vine for the year; the time in which grapes are gathered
VI'OLATION, s.
infringement of a law
VI'OLENT, a.
forcible; unseasonably vehement
VI'PER, s.
a serpent; anything mischievous
VI'PERINE, a.
belonging to a viper
VI'RULENT, a.
poisonous; venomous; poisoned in the mind; malignant
VI'SIBLE, a.
perceptible by the eye; apparent
VI'SION, s.
sight; the faculty of seeing; the act of seeing; a supernatural appearance; a spectre; a phantom; a dream; something shown in a dream
VI'SUAL, a.
using the power of sight
VI'TIATE, v.a.
deprave; spoil; make less pure
VOLCA'NO, s.
a burning mountain
VO'TARY, s.
one devoted, as by a vow, to any particular service, worship, study, or state of life
VU'LTURE, s.
a large bird of prey
WA'NTONLY, ad.
sportively; carelessly
WEA'PON, s.
an instrument of offence; something with which one is armed to hurt another
WI'LDERNESS, s.
a desert
WI'STFUL, a.
attentive; earnest; full of thought
WO'NDERFUL, a.
admirable; strange; astonishing
WO'RSHIP, v.a.
adore; honour; venerate
ZEST, s.
relish
ZOOLO'GICAL, a.
that which relates to animals