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 |
|---|---|
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |