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 |
|---|---|
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| dermatologist | a branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases |