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 |
|---|---|
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| quisling | traitor |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |