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 |
|---|---|
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |