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 |
|---|---|
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| diva | prima donna |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| unsavory | insipid |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |