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

WordMeaning
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
roilto make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering
fruitionpleasurable use or possession : enjoyment
viscidhaving an adhesive quality : sticky
scurriloususing or given to coarse language
virilehaving traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse