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 |
|---|---|
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |