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 |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |