vacillation	noun	being uncertain hesitating
vagary	noun	an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
veer	verb	to let out (as a rope)
venal	adjective	originating in, characterized by, or associated with corrupt bribery
veneration	noun	regard with deep respect
veracity	noun	truth
verdant	adjective	green in tint or color; green with growing plants
verisimilitude	noun	the quality or state of being verisimilar
veritable	adjective	being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary -- often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor
vestige	noun	a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost (2); the smallest quantity or trace; footprint
vilify	verb	to lower in estimation or importance
virago	noun	a loud overbearing woman; termagant
vitiate	verb	to make faulty or defective; impair
vivacious	adjective	lively in temper, conduct, or spirit; sprightly
volubility	adjective	easily rolling or turning; rotating