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.

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WordMeaning
purchaseto obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy
consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
paltryinferior
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
ecstasya state of overwhelming emotion
uproara state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
brawnthe flesh of a boar
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will