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

WordMeaning
verdantgreen in tint or color
ennuia feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
disembarkto remove to shore from a ship
plumagethe feathers of a bird
forbearancea refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
abortiveprematurely born
branda charred piece of wood
distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish
contemptthe act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain
moodinesssubject to depression : gloomy