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 |
|---|---|
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| pummel | pound |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |