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
hortatoryhortative
tacitexpressed or carried on without words or speech
demolitionthe act of demolishing
nugatoryof little or no consequence : trifling
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
drollhaving a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
tomebook
exudeto ooze out
carnagethe flesh of slain animals or humans
eulogya commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased