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 |
|---|---|
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| scotch | scottish |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |