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.

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WordMeaning
commodiouscomfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy
fervidvery hot : burning
slywise in practical affairs
compliancethe act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion
epitomea typical or ideal example : embodiment
perfidiousof, relating to, or characterized by perfidy
outstripto go faster or farther than
primaloriginal
cronea cruel or ugly old woman
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)