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 |
|---|---|
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |