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 |
|---|---|
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |