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 |
|---|---|
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |