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V — Vacancy to Vanquisher (Part 2 of 7)

Vaccinist, n. Vaccinator.

Vacillate, v. n.

    1. Sway, rock, move to and fro, have an unsteady motion, waver.
    2. Waver, fluctuate, hesitate, be inconstant, be unsettled, be unsteady, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, box the compass, run with the hare and hunt with the hound, be a weathercock.

Vacillating, a. Wavering, fluctuating, unsteady, inconstant.

Vacillation, n.

    1. Swaying, reeling, staggering, rocking.
    2. Wavering, fluctuation, hesitation, unsteadiness, inconstancy.

Vacuity, n.

    1. Emptiness, vacancy, inanity, inanition.
    2. Void, vacuum, empty space, emptiness, vacancy.
    3. Inanity, nihility, want of reality.

Vacuum, n. Void, empty space, vacuity.

Vade-mecum, n. Manual.

Vadium, n. (Law.) Gage, pledge, security, surety, bail.

Vagabond, a. Wandering, homeless.

Vagabond, n. Vagrant, outcast, castaway, loafer, lounger, nomad, land-loper, idle wanderer, strolling beggar, tramp.

Vagabondism, n. Vagabondage, vagrancy.

Vagary, n. Whim, freak, whimsey, crotchet, whimsicality, caprice, fancy, humor.

Vaginant, a. (Bot.) Sheathing.

Vaginate, a. (Bot.) Sheathed.

Vagrancy, n. Roving, wandering.

Vagrant, n. Idle wanderer, sturdy beggar, vagabond.

Vagrant, a. Strolling, wandering, roving, roaming, unsettled, nomadic, itinerant.