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 |
|---|---|
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |