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 |
|---|---|
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |