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 |
|---|---|
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |