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 |
|---|---|
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |