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 |
|---|---|
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| rift | fissure |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |