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 |
|---|---|
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| raspy | harsh |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| slew | a large number |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
