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 |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| comestible | edible |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |