Nouns Beginning with the Letter "v"

Find the words in the word search puzzle below, that run diagonally and horizontally throughout the grid. Each search word is a noun that begins with the letter "v". No proper nouns are used. To read definitions of the less common words used in the puzzle, scroll below the grid.

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Below are definitions to eight of the less common "v" nouns used in the puzzle above:

• vagary: An unpredictable or eccentric change, action, or idea; a sudden desire. Synonyms: caprice, impulse, whim.
• vagus: Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves that carry sensory and motor neurons serving the heart, lungs, pharynx, larynx, stomach, intestines, and most of the abdominal viscera. Synonyms: nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus nerve, wandering nerve.
• varve: A deposit of sedimentary material.
• veldt: An area of elevated open grassland, especially in southern Africa. Also, spelled "veld".
• veleta: A ballroom dance performed in triple time in which partners sometimes dance side by side and sometimes do a quick waltz.
• verdure: 1. Lush greenness of flourishing vegetation. Synonyms: greenness, verdancy. 2. Green foliage. Synonym: greenery. 3. (Literary usage) a fresh, healthy, or flourishing condition.
• vervet: An African monkey that lives in large groups in savanna woodlands and has a long tail and black face, hands, and feet; guenon monkey.
• vulgate: 1. The everyday informal use of a language; ordinary speech. 2. A text generally accepted among experts as being the best or most accurate version; accepted version.

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