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.

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WordMeaning
limberhaving a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
levythe imposition or collection of an assessment
murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
capsizeto cause to overturn
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial
fusionthe act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat
detrimentalobviously harmful : damaging
callowlacking adult sophistication : immature
pacifistan adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes