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 |
|---|---|
| inanimate | not animate: |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| vixen | a female fox |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| pilfer | steal |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |