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 |
|---|---|
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |