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 |
|---|---|
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| betray | to lead astray |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |