It is 2017, but this thread is top in my search engine, today the following methods are preferred (initializer lists)
std::vector<std::string> v = { "xyzzy", "plugh", "abracadabra" };
std::vector<std::string> v({ "xyzzy", "plugh", "abracadabra" });
std::vector<std::string> v{ "xyzzy", "plugh", "abracadabra" };
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B11#Initializer_lists