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vacuous
empty of meaning, substance, or intelligence
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vacillate
to waver indecisively between options or opinions
vacillation
the inability to decide between different courses of action; wavering
vacuity
total absence of thought, ideas, or substance
vagabond
a person who roams from place to place with no fixed home
vagary
an unpredictable or capricious change or notion
vagrant
a person who wanders without a settled home or work
vainglorious
excessively boastful and vain about one's achievements
vainglory
excessive, ostentatious pride in oneself or one's achievements
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Questions about “vacuous”
Vacuous (adjective) means empty of meaning, substance, or intelligence
Here is vacuous used in an example sentence: "His speech was a string of vacuous platitudes that said nothing of value."
Common synonyms for vacuous include inane, empty, vapid, mindless.
Antonyms of vacuous include profound, meaningful.
Vacuous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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