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
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| slake | subside |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |