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

WordMeaning
slacknot using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent
primethe second of the canonical hours
dementedmad
quizzicalcomically quaint
impelto urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force
inveterateconfirmed in a habit : habitual
lanknot well filled out : slender
arborealof, relating to, or resembling a tree
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
primaloriginal