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 |
|---|---|
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| gnome | maxim |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |