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 |
|---|---|
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| oversee | survey |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| retiring | reserved |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |