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
daintysomething delicious to the taste
discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted
cadencethe beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity
obesehaving excessive body fat
intoxicateto excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
ablutionthe washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)
zanyvery eccentric (see eccentric