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 |
|---|---|
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |