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 |
|---|---|
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| retiring | reserved |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |