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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |