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 |
|---|---|
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| thespian | actor |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| viand | an item of food |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| plethora | an ample amount or number : abundance |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |