Definitions of
sound-alike words: V
- vain
- ineffective, as in: We worked all night in a vain attempt to meet the deadline.
- vein
- (1) blood vessel, as in: They had a hard time finding a vein to draw blood.
- (2) mineral deposit, as in: A vein of silver was found in the mine.
- (3) mood or tendency, as in: Her stories are written in a humorous vein.
- vale
- valley, as in: I wonder if the city of Sunnyvale, California, is really a sunny vale?
- veil
- covering or curtain, as in: She wore a heavy veil to conceal her puffy, red eyes.
- veracity
- truthfulness, as in: We're asking you what happened, because you have a reputation for veracity.
- voracity
- eagerness or great hunger, as in: She loves mystery books so much that she reads them with voracity.
- vice
- badness, defect or fault, as in: He was a lover of vice rather than a lover of virtue.
- vise
- tool having two jaws that are tightened by a screw
mechanism, as in: My headache made me feel like my head was being squeezed in a vise.
This list of definitions can't replace your dictionary. Rather
than discussing every possible meaning of the words on this list,
I try to show how one word differs from another in a group of words that sound or
look very much alike.
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