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 |
|---|---|
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |