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 |
|---|---|
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| shove | to push along |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |