Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader Part 131

=ventisquero=, _m._, glacier.

=ver=, to see; =no tener que ----=, to have nothing to do with.

=verbigracia=, for example, for instance.

=verbo=, _m._, word; verb.

=verde=, _m._, unripe, green, immature.

=verdura=, _f._, green groceries, fresh vegetables.

=vereda=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), sidewalk; foot-path.

=verja=, _f._, grating, railing.

=vermut=, _m._, vermuth, a liquor distilled from white wine and absinthe.

=versado=, =-a=, versed, conversant, skilled.

=versatilidad=, _f._, variability; adaptability; inconstancy.

=vertiente=, _f._, spring, source.

=vestimenta=, _f._, clothes, garments, vestments.

=veta=, _f._, vein of ore.

=vetustez=, _f._, antiquity.

=vez=, _f._, time; =a la ----=, at the same time; =a la ---- que=, as well as; =en ----=, instead of; =tal ----=, perhaps; =tal cual ----=, seldom; =de ---- en cuando=, from time to time; =a su ----=, on his _or_ her _or_ its turn; =a veces=, sometimes; =pocas veces=, seldom.

=viable=, livable; transmissible.

=via ferrea=, _f._, railroad.

=viajero=, _m._, traveler; wayfarer.

=vicuna=, _f._, a South American mammal and ruminant animal, allied to the _llama_.

=vid=, _f._, grapevine.

=vidalita=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), folk-song.

=vidente=, _m._, visionary, prophet.

=vidrios de color=, _m. pl._, stained gla.s.s.

=vientos alisios=, _m. pl._, trade winds.

=vigilia=, _f._, the act of being wide awake, or on the watch.

=vilmente=, vilely.

=villorrio=, _m._, small village.

=vinculo=, _m._, tie, link, chain.

=vinicultura=, _f._, the scientific study of wine-making.

=viniendo=, coming, becoming, approaching.

=vinedo=, _m._, vineyard.

=virrey=, _m._, viceroy.

=visado=, countersigned.

=visar=, to scan, to look closely; to approve, to O. K.

=visillo=, _m._, a small window or peep-hole.

=vis...o...b..eno=, _m._, approved, correct; in ma.n.u.script _V_ _B_ set after a draft, order, permit, license, account, etc. in public offices means, "The preceding doc.u.ment has been examined and found to be correct."

=vistoso, -a=, beautiful, delightful; tasteful.

=vitrina=, _f._, gla.s.s showcase.

=viuda=, _f._, widow; a South American bird.

=vivaz=, lively, active.

=vivienda=, _f._, dwelling, house, apartment, lodging.

=vivo=, =-a=, lively, alert, wide awake.

=vocerio=, _m._, clamor, outcry.

=vocero=, _m._, one who advocates or is the sponsor for an idea; backer.

=volanta=, _f._ (_Sp. A._), any light carriage well hung on good springs.

=votar=, to vote (_as, an appropriation by Congress_).

=voz=, _f._, word, part of speech.

=vuelo=, _m._, flight; elevation of style, discourse or workmans.h.i.+p.

=warrant=, _m._, _English word used in Sp. A.