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 |
|---|---|
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| tome | book |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |