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 |
|---|---|
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| ignite | to set afire |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |