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 |
|---|---|
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |