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 |
|---|---|
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |