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viol/vial/vile

viola (vīl)

Noun

    • An early type of musical instrument with strings, shaped like a Violin.

vial (vīl)

Noun

    • A small container, usually with a closure, used especially for liquids.

Verb. Transitive aled or -alled, -al·ing or -al·ling, -als or -als.

    • To put or keep in or as if in a vial.

vile (vīl)

Adjective. , vil·er, vil·est.

    • Loathsome; disgusting: vile language.
    • Unpleasant or objectionable: vile weather.
    • Contemptibly low in worth or account; second-rate.
    • Miserably poor and degrading; wretched: a vile existence.
    • Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked: a vile conspiracy.

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