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 |
|---|---|
| gazette | newspaper |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |