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 |
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solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
prime | the second of the canonical hours |