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 |
|---|---|
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| significant | having meaning |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |