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 |
|---|---|
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| render | to melt down |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |