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A GERMAN SCIENCE READER. 



Verbindung, f., union, compound, 

 mixttire. 



verbleiben, to remain. 



verbrauchen, to utilize, to consume. 



verbreiten, to spread. 



Verbreitung, f., distribution, dissem- 

 ination. 



Verbrennung, f., combustion. 



Verbrennungsprozess, m., pro- 

 cess of combustion. 



Verbrennungsprodukt, n., product 

 of com bustion. 



Verbrennungsvorgang, m., act of 

 combustion. 



verdachtig, adj., suspicious. 



verdampfen, to evaporate. 



verdanken, to thank, owe. 



Verdauung, f., digestion. 



Verdauungsdrtise, f., digestive 

 gland. 



Verdauungsferment, n., digestive 

 ferment. 



verdichten, to condense. 



Verdichtung, f., condensation. 



Verdichtungspunkt, m., dew-point, 

 point of condensation. 



verdoppeln, to double. 



verdiinnt, adj., diluted. 



verdunsten, to evaporate. 



Verdunstung, f., evaporation. 



verdursten, to die of thirst, to famish. 



vereinigen, to unite. 



Vereinigte Staaten, United States. 



Vereinigung, f., union. 



Vereinigungsstreben, n., affinity. 



Vererbung, f., transmission. 



verfallen, to fall away, to decay, to 

 lapse. 



Verfeinerung, f., refinement, im- 

 provement. 



verfolgen, to follow, to pursue. 



Verfiigung, f., disposal. 



Vergangenheit, i.,past. 



vergebens, adv., in vain. 



verge genwartigen, to represent, to 

 picture, to conceive. 



vergleichbar, adj., comparable. 



vergleichen, to compare. 



Vergleich, m., comparison. 



Vergniigen, n., pleasure. 



vergrossern, to enlarge, to magnify. 



Vergrosserungsglas, n., micro- 

 scope. 



verhalten, sich, to act, to be related. 



Verhalten, n., behavior, condition, 

 relation. 



Verhaltnis, n., ratio, relation, com- 

 parison. 



verhaltnismassig, adv., relatively. 



verharren, to remain. 



verharten, to harden. 



verhindern, to prevent, to make im- 

 possible. 



verhungern, to starve. 



verkommen, to perish. 



verkummern, to weaken, to degener- 

 ate. 



Verkummerung, f., deprivation, 

 degeneration. 



verkiirzen, to shorten. 



verlangen, to demand. 



verlangsamen, to delay. 



verlassen, to leave, to forsake ; re- 

 flex, to rely. 



verlaufen, to siibside, to result, to 

 fade away. 



verletzen, to injure. 



verlieren, to lose. 



Verlust, m., loss. 



vermehren, to increase. 



