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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym | 
| veracity | noun | They became suspicious of her veracity. | adherence to the truth; truthfulness | 
| vernacular | noun | He spoke in the vernacular of the street. | the everyday language spoken by the people | 
| noun | He did not know the legal vernacular. | the idiom of a particular profession | |
| versus | prep. | It became a war of us versus them. | against | 
| vertebrate | noun | Humans and mammals are vertebrates. | having a backbone or spinal column | 
| vestige | noun | Some vestiges of Dinosauurs still remain. | a visible trace, evidence they existed | 
| vicissitude | noun | Most combat veterans suffer the vicissitudes or war. | one of the unexpected changes in life | 
| vicar | noun | We invited the vicar home for dinner. | one of the church clergy | 
| vigilance | noun | Vigilance is part of the price for freedom. | alert watchfulness | 
| vindicate | verb | The evidence found will vindicate her innocence. | to clear of blame, suspicion or doubt |