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.

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WordMeaning
genialitymarked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness
juridicalof or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
glacialsuggestive of ice: such as
throttleto compress the throat of : choke
palleta straw-filled tick or mattress
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
guilelessinnocent
covetousmarked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion