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 |
|---|---|
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| psychopathic | of, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |