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 |
|---|---|
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| freebooter | pirate |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |