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 |
|---|---|
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |