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 |
|---|---|
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |