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 |
|---|---|
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |