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
analgesican agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
baffleto defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert
dismissto permit or cause to leave
triflinglacking in significance or solid worth: such as
guffawa loud or boisterous burst of laughter
vampirethe reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep
mitigateto cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify