English Words Starting With V

• verbal abuse

  nounHigh
  /ˌvɜː.bəl əˈbjuːs/The use of hostile, harmful, or derogatory words to attack, degrade, or manipulate someone.
• verbal adjective

  nounC1
  /ˌvɜːbəl ˈædʒɪktɪv/An adjective derived from or related to a verb, typically describing a state or characteristic resulting from an action.
• verbal auxiliary

  nounC2
  /ˈvɜː.bəl ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ə.ri/A verb (e.g., be, do, have, will, can) used with a main verb to form a verb phrase, expressing tense, aspect, mood, voice, or modality.
• verbal irony

  nounC1
  /ˈvɜːbl ˈaɪrəni/A rhetorical device where the intended meaning of a statement is opposite to its literal meaning.
• verbal noun

  nounC1
  /ˌvɜː.bəl ˈnaʊn/A noun formed from a verb and denoting an action, process, or state.
• verbalism

  nounC2
  /ˈvɜː.bəl.ɪ.zəm/Excessive concern with the mere words or forms of expression, rather than the substance or reality.
• verbalist

  nounC2 / Low frequency
  /ˈvɜː.bəl.ɪst/A person who is excessively concerned with words and their formal or literal use, rather than with content or meaning.
• verbality

  nounC2 / Rare
  /vɜːˈbælɪti/The quality or nature of being verbal; expression through words or speech.
• verbalize

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1-C2
  /ˈvɜː.bə.laɪz/to express thoughts, feelings, or ideas in words; to put into spoken or written language.
• verbascum

  nounLow
  /vɜːˈbaskəm/A tall herbaceous plant of the genus Verbascum, typically with a rosette of large leaves and a tall spike of yellow flowers; mullein.
• verbena

  nounC1
  /vəːˈbiːnə/A genus of herbaceous or woody flowering plants, often with small, brightly coloured flowers in dense clusters, commonly used in gardens.
• verbena family

  nounLow
  /vəˈbiːnə ˈfæm(ə)li/A botanical family of flowering plants (Verbenaceae) characterized by typically square stems, opposite leaves, and small flowers often arranged in spikes or clusters.
• verbiage

  nounC1
  /ˈvɜː.bi.ɪdʒ/The use of too many words, or words that are more complicated than necessary, to express an idea.
• verbicide

  nounC2/Extremely Rare
  /ˈvɜː.bɪ.saɪd/The act of destroying or distorting the true meaning of a word; the murder of a word.
• verbid

  nounC2 (Specialist)
  /ˈvɜːbɪd/A non-finite form of a verb, functioning as a different part of speech.
• verbify

  verbverb-transitiveC2
  /ˈvɜːbɪfaɪ/To make a word into a verb; to use a noun or other word as a verb.
• verbing

  nounLow to Medium
  /ˈvɜː.bɪŋ/The act of converting a noun or other part of speech into a verb (e.g., 'to Google', 'to adult').
• verbosity

  nounC1
  /vɜːˈbɒs.ə.ti/The use of more words than necessary; wordiness.
• vercelli

  nounC2
  /vɛəˈtʃɛli/A city and municipality in the Piedmont region of northern Italy.
• vercelli book

  nounVery Low
  /vɛəˈtʃɛli bʊk/An 8th-century manuscript, specifically the Vercelli Book, one of the four major extant manuscripts of Old English poetry.

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