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.

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WordMeaning
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
occidentwest
internecineof, relating to, or involving conflict within a group
sagaa prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
imbueendow
reclusemarked by withdrawal from society : solitary
randoma haphazard course
mercurialof, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury
maelstroma powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius