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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distend | extend |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |