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 |
|---|---|
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |