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 |
|---|---|
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |