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 |
|---|---|
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| executioner | one who executes |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |