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 |
|---|---|
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |