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

WordMeaning
perfunctorycharacterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical
legerdemainsleight of hand
perigeethe point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth
bastarda child born to parents who are not married to each other
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
soporificcausing or tending to cause sleep
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
finishedentirely done
broodthe young of an animal or a family of young