THE ALPHABET GAME (V)

Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin everyone! I hope you had a great weekend, and that your week has begun well. 

Today we are continuing our 2022 Alphabet Game with another challenge. Today is our 22nd challenge, with the letter V.

Here is today's sentence. Remember its missing word begins with the letter V.

Sentence: Since the pandemic started, we have witnessed a v__________ price explosion; inflation is out of control.

Hint 1: You can use today's word to emphasize the size, amount, or nature of something. A synonym would be real.
Hint 2: the word was part of a series of lessons about vocabulary for truth, done back in May 2022. 
 
As always, please give us your answer on Facebook or Twitter. We will provide the correct answer later. We will also include the answer in the next Daily Vitamin email. 

Thank you and have a great day.

All the best!