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 |
|---|---|
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |