vehement
showing strong, forceful, and passionate feeling
Word origin: From Latin vehemens, eager or impetuous.
Vehement in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing vehement in a sentence.
She offered a vehement denial of the accusations against her.
She voiced vehement opposition to the proposal, calling it the worst idea the committee had entertained in years.
Quick GRE check
3 questions, about 2 minutes. How would you do on the real test?
Verbal · Sentence Equivalence
Although she had every reason to gloat after the verdict, the attorney remained blank, accepting the win without a hint of boastfulness.
Using “vehement” well
Vehement describes strong, forceful, and passionate feeling, applied to protests, denials, or convictions. It is the opposite of mild or apathetic.
More GRE words starting with V
to waver indecisively between options or opinions
the inability to decide between different courses of action; wavering
total absence of thought, ideas, or substance
empty of meaning, substance, or intelligence
a person who roams from place to place with no fixed home
an unpredictable or capricious change or notion
a person who wanders without a settled home or work
excessively boastful and vain about one's achievements
Questions about “vehement”
See these words the way the GRE tests them.
Take the free 39-minute GRE Quick Mock Test and meet words like this inside real Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence questions, with a worked solution for every answer.