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vacancy n. 1 emptiness, void, gap, lacuna, hiatus, blank, deficiency,
opening, breach, vacuum: Only after she left did Hubert sense
the vacancy in his life. 2 (job) opening, slot, position, post,
situation: Her promotion created a vacancy in the personnel
department. 3 blankness, emptiness, vacuity, absent-mindedness,
inanity, vacuousness, incomprehension, fatuity, unawareness: I
knew by the vacancy of his look that he hadn't any idea of what
I was talking about.
vacant adj. 1 empty, void, hollow, unoccupied, untenanted,
uninhabited, abandoned, deserted: The house remained vacant all
summer. 2 blank, expressionless, deadpan, empty, vacuous, dull,
absent-minded, inane, uncomprehending, fatuous, unaware: After
the accident, she would just sit, for hours on end, with a
vacant look on her face. 3 unoccupied, free, unused, unutilized,
spare, extra, idle, unfilled, unengaged, unspoken for: The
doctor has a vacant hour tomorrow at ten and could see you then.
vacate v. 1 leave, depart (from), withdraw from, quit, evacuate, get
or go out of; desert, abandon: In a fire drill, employees must
vacate the building in five minutes. 2 give up, relinquish,
sacrifice, renounce, let go, resign, abdicate, cede, give up
right or claim to, abandon: We vacated all claims to my aunt's
property. 3 annul, declare null and void, nullify, void,
repudiate, override, overrule, rescind, revoke, recall, quash,
set aside, invalidate: The judge vacated the defendant's plea
of diminished capacity.
vade-mecum
n. handbook, manual, ready reference, book, guide: She always
had with her a vade-mecum on rare poisons.
vagabond n. 1 gypsy, tramp, vagrant, wayfarer, rover, wanderer,
itinerant, migrant, bird of passage, rolling stone, beachcomber,
derelict, Chiefly US and Canadian hobo, Australian swagman,
Colloq US bum, Slang US bindle-stiff: The police interviewed
every vagabond they could find for a clue to the murder.
--adj. 2 vagrant, wayfaring, roving, wandering, itinerant,
migrant, derelict, nomadic, gypsy, rambling, roaming, drifting,
peripatetic, transient, peregrinating: When will he give up his