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 |
|---|---|
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| overt | open to view : manifest |