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 |
|---|---|
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
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| ordain | to invest (see invest |
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