re, appropriation.

utility, n. usefulness. Antonym: inutility. Associated Words:
utilitarian, utilitarianism, utilizable.

utilize, v. use, employ, exploit.

utmost, a. farthest out, extreme, last; greatest, maximum, uttermost.

Utopian, a. chimerical, visionary, fanciful, air-built.

utter, v. speak, pronounce, express.

utter, a. complete, absolute, perfect; unconditional, unqualified,
peremptory.

utterable, a. pronounceable, expressible.

utterance, n. speech, articulation.

utterly, adv. entirely, completely, wholly, unconditionally,
altogether.

uttermost, a. extreme, utmost, farthest.

V

Vacancy, n. emptiness; space, vacuum, chasm, gap; leisure, vacation,
intermission.

vacant, a. empty, unfilled, void, uninhabited, untenanted; leisure,
unemployed. Antonyms: full, filled, occupied.

vacate, v. empty, evacuate, resign, abdicate; annul, abrogate,
invalidate.

vacation, n. evacuation, resignation, abdication; invalidation,
abrogation; intermission, holidays, recess.

vaccinate, v. inoculate.

vaccination, n. inoculation (with the cowpox).

vacillate, v. fluctuate, waver, veer, oscillate, whiffle.

vacillating, a. irresolute, changeable, wavering, undecided,
inconstant.

vacillation, n. fluctuation, indecision, changeableness, oscillation,
irresolution, inconstancy.

vagabond, n. vagrant, tramp, mendicant, beggar; rascal, rogue, scamp,
knave.

vagabond, a. vagrant, wandering, nomadic, landloping.

vagabondage, n. vagrancy, vagabondism, nomadism.

vagary, n. whim, caprice, fancy, freak, whimsey, humor.

vagrancy, n. vagabondage.

vagrant, n. tramp; beggar, vagabond, rascal.--a. wandering,
nomadic, vagabond.

vague, a. indefinite, ambiguous, obscure, uncertain, groundless,
hazy, indistinct.

vagueness, n. indefiniteness, ambiguity, obscurity, uncertainty.

vain, a. conceited, arrogant, egotistical, overweening, vainglorious;
nugatory, fruitless, ineffectual, frustrate, unavailing, bootless, futile,
abortive, ineffective, empty; delusive, chimerical, unsatisfying,
unsubstantial, deceitful.

vainglorious, a. boastful, pretentious, assuming, arrogant,
conceited, overweening.

vainglory, n. vanity, boasting, gasconade.

vale, n. dell, valley, dale, dingle.

valiant, a. See brave.

valid, a. cogent, logical, justifiable, efficacious, well-grounded.
Antonyms: See invalid.

validity, n. strength, cogency, soundness, force. Antonym:
invalidity.

valise, n. portma