viva | (noun) an examination conducted by spoken communication | Synonyms: oral, oral exam, oral examination, viva voce |
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vivace | (adjective) (of tempo) very fast and lively | - |
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(adverb) lively, in music | - |
vivacious | (adjective) vigorous and animated | Synonyms: vibrant |
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vivaciously | (adverb) with vivacity | - |
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vivacity | (noun) characterized by high spirits and animation | - |
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vivarium | (noun) an indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions | - |
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viverrine | (noun) small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World | Synonyms: viverrine mammal |
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vivid | (adjective) having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience | - |
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(adjective) having strong or striking color | Synonyms: bright, brilliant |
(adjective) evoking lifelike images within the mind | Synonyms: graphic, lifelike, pictorial |
(adjective) (of color) having the highest saturation | Synonyms: intense |
vividly | (adverb) in a vivid manner | - |
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vividness | (noun) chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue | Synonyms: chroma, intensity, saturation |
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(noun) interest and variety and intensity | Synonyms: color, colour |
vivification | (noun) the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something | Synonyms: animation, invigoration |
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(noun) quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous | Synonyms: animation, brio, invigoration, spiritedness |
vivify | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify |
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(verb) make more striking or animated | - |
viviparous | (adjective) producing living young (not eggs) | Synonyms: live-bearing |
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vivisect | (verb) cut (a body) open while still alive | - |
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vivisection | (noun) the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research) | - |
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vivisectionist | (noun) a biologist who cuts open live animals for research | - |
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