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 |
|---|---|
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| niggle | trifle |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |