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
mausoleuma large tomb
arrearsthe state of being behind in the discharge of obligations
igniteto set afire
amalgamateto unite in or as if in an amalgam
levityexcessive or unseemly frivolity
alloythe degree of mixture with base metals : fineness
armadaa fleet of warships
resilientcharacterized or marked by resilience: such as
documentproof
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)