GRE Word List
VERNACULAR
using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
The meaning of the word vernacular is using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| provident | frugal |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| extant | currently or actually existing |