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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |