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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intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
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rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
corroborateto support with evidence or authority : make more certain
suppliantsupplicant
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
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cankeran erosive or spreading sore
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fruitionpleasurable use or possession : enjoyment