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 |
|---|---|
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| espouse | marry |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |