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 |
|---|---|
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |