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 |
|---|---|
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| feint | something feigned |
| acetic | vinegary |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| compulsive | having power to compel |