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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WordMeaning
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
vanguardthe forefront of an action or movement
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
comportto be fitting : accord
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
blithelacking due thought or consideration : casual
exigencythat which is required in a particular situation
superimposeto place or lay over or above something
graduateto receive an academic degree or diploma
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity