vicissitude (vi-sis'i-tud), regular change or succession from one thing to another. vigil (vij'il), watch. vindicate (vin'di-kat), justify. virago (vi-ra'go), a woman of extraordinary size, strength, and courage. virtually (vur'tu-al-li), being in essence or effect, not in fact. visage (viz'aj), the face. vision (vizh'un), that which is seen. vista (vis'ta), view between intervening objects. vivid (viv'id), true to life; bright. vivify (viv'i-fi), make alive. vixen (vik's'n), a cross, ill-tempered woman. vocation (vo-ka'shun), occupation. vociferous (vo-sif'er-us), noisy. void (void), empty; being without. volley (vol'i), a burst of many things at once. Volturnus (vol-toor'nus), a river in _Italy_. voluminous (vo-lu'mi-nus), of great volume or bulk. voluptuous (ve-lup'tu-us), full of pleasure; luxurious. vortices (vor'ti-sez), whirlpools. vouchsafe (vouch-saf'), condescend to grant; assure. voyageur (vwa'ya'zhur'), a traveler; Canadian term used for one employed in transporting goods to the Northwest. vulture (vul'tur), a bird which feeds on dead flesh of animals or birds. Vurrgh (vurg), Wachita (wa'shi-ta), wafted (waft'ed), floated along lightly on air or water. wail (wal), weep. wain (wan), wagon. wake (wak), trace. wallet (wol'et), knapsack; pocket-book. Walleway (wal'e-wa), probably Longfellow had reference to the Wallowa river in northeastern Oregon. wan (won), pale. wanton (won'tun), reckless. wantoned (won'tund), played. warder (wor'der), guard. Ware (war), a town in England about 20 miles north of London. warld (warld), world. warp (worp), the threads extending lengthwise in a loom, and crossed by the woof. wary (wa'ri; war'i), cautious, watchful. wash (wosh), bog or marsh. watch (woch), period during which one serves as a sentinel or guard. water-butt (wo'ter-but), a large, open-headed cask, set up on end to contain water. Waterloo (wo'ter-loo'), a village near Brussels where Napoleon met defeat. So complete and so decisive was the disaster that Waterloo has come to mean defeat. waver (wa'ver), totter; unsettled. weather-cock, figure often in the form of a cock, turning with the wind and showing its direction. weird (werd), pertaining to witchcraft; wild. welkin (wel'kin), vault of heaven; sky. welter (wel'ter), roll or tumble about. Wert (wurt), were (pronounce to rhyme with "art"). Westminster Abbey (west'min-ster), a former church in London, the burial place of many kings, statesmen, and authors. whig (h'wig), one of a political party in England, also in America; opposed to Tories. whipple-tree (hwip'l-tre'), bar to which the traces of a harness are fastened for drawing a carriage. whisking (hwisk'ing), moving nimbly and with velocity. whit (hwit), the smallest part imaginable. White, Gilbert (hwit), an eminent English naturalist, who was born in Selborne and was the author of "Natural History of Selborne." Wicaco (we-ka'ko), wimpling (wim'pling), rippling. wis (wis), think.