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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| viable | capable of living |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
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| regal | of, relating to, or suitable for a king |