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 |
|---|---|
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| giddy | dizzy |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |