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 |
|---|---|
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| giddy | dizzy |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |