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 |
|---|---|
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| slew | a large number |
| blackball | to vote against |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |