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 |
|---|---|
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| retribution | recompense |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |