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 |
|---|---|
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |