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 |
|---|---|
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |