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suspicion, sign, evidence, mark, token, scent, whiff, tinge,
taste; remnant, scrap, fragment, memorial, residue, relic,
remains: Vestiges of an ancient city have been found in the sea
off Cyprus.
vestigial adj. imperfect, undeveloped, underdeveloped, rudimentary,
incomplete: Anatomists regard the coccyx in man and apes as a
vestigial tail.
vet v. examine, review, investigate, scrutinize, inspect, check
(out), look over, scan; validate, authenticate; Colloq give
(something or someone) the once-over, size up: We engaged an
expert to vet the definitions of culinary terms for the new
dictionary.
veteran n. 1 old hand, past master, old-timer, trouper, Colloq
warhorse: Barlow was a veteran of twenty years' experience in
the service.
--adj. 2 experienced, practised, seasoned, mature,
long-serving, battle-scarred: Did it never occur to this
veteran politician that there are degrees of misconduct?
veto v. 1 stop, block, deny, ban, turn down, reject, disallow, rule
out, quash, prevent, prohibit, interdict, taboo, outlaw,
proscribe, preclude, Colloq put the kibosh on, kill, nix:
Father vetoed the idea that we go to Brighton for the holiday.
Any measure he proposed was summarily vetoed.
--n. 2 denial, ban, stoppage, block, embargo, turn-down,
rejection, disallowance, quashing, prevention, prohibition,
interdiction, taboo, proscription, preclusion, vetoing, Colloq
killing, nixing: The home secretary's veto of the abortion
measure greatly angered the women's groups.
22.3 viable...
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viable adj. sustainable, supportable, sensible, reasonable, practical,
practicable, applicable, workable, feasible, possible: We have
three days to come up with a viable plan for continuing the
research project.